During a visit to a farm in Wales yesterday, UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson appeared to have no interest in meeting EU, unless they shift their position on Brexit. He said “if they can’t compromise, if they really can’t do it, then clearly we have to get ready for a no-deal exit, and I think we’ll do it …. it’s up to the EU, it’s their call.”
His spokesman also noted that, “the prime minister made clear that the UK will be leaving the EU on October 31, no matter what,” referring to Johnson’s call with Irish Prime minister Leo Varadkar. And, “the government will approach any negotiations which take place with determination and energy and in a spirit of friendship, and that his clear preference is to leave the EU with a deal, but it must be one that abolishes the backstop”.
On the other hand, the Irish government said “the Taoiseach explained that the EU was united in its view that the Withdrawal Agreement could not be reopened.”
