Macron dampens Johnson’s plan to renegotiate Brexit
By DW
22 August 2019 |
3:58 pm
French President Emmanuel Macron and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson have met in Paris to discuss Brexit. Macron called the Irish backstop "indispensable" to a Brexit deal. Johnson had said the backstop has to go.
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