German Chancellor Angela Merkel (CDU) and French President Emmanuel Macron have signalled London in its readiness for a short postponement of the Brexits. “If the UK needs a little more time, then we will not refuse us the of course,” said Merkel on Wednesday in a Meeting with the French President, Emmanuel Macron in Paris. You agree but at the same time fully, that the exit agreement between the European Union and the United Kingdom had stressed the Chancellor.
This you have discussed with the British Prime Minister Theresa May on the sidelines of the summit of the EU with the Arab League in the Egyptian Sharm el-Sheikh at the beginning of the week again, said Angela Merkel. You will of course aim to be an orderly withdrawal of Britain from the EU. “We regret this step, but it is a reality. And now we need to find a good solution.“
Macron said: “It is time that the British make a decision.” For an extension, it must give a clear perspective. “We agree that the agreement can not be renegotiated, if the British need more time.”
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May had admitted on Tuesday that for the first time that the UK, the EU, even after the 29. March could leave. She promised to let the members about a possible postponement to the vote. It should be up to 12. March with your agreement, fail again, May the members the choice between a non-retirement or a “short extension”. (dpa)
