PARIS: British Prime Minister Theresa May heads to President Emmanuel Macron's "summer Elysee Palace" on the Mediterranean coast on Friday, seeking to melt resistance to a Brexit plan which has upended her govt whilst failing to win over sceptical EU negotiators.
She and Macron will hang an "informal" two-hour meeting at Bregancon, a 17th-century castle long favoured by way of French presidents as a summer season retreat.
"The plan was to go to Bregancon, which is to be a summer residence but also a place for working, and since May was finishing her vacation in Italy we proposed hosting her here," a source in Macron's office mentioned.
May goes to put out "London's position on the Brexit talks and its future relations with the EU," the source mentioned. "It will be the occasion to clarify this proposal and discuss the political context."
There will likely be no press observation afterwards, because "there is absolutely no intention to speak in place of Michel Barnier," the EU's designated Brexit negotiator, the source added.
Pressure is rising on May to win allies on the continent after her "Chequers plan" brought about two best ministers to resign in protest remaining month.
The high minister has only some months earlier than an agreement on Britain's divorce from the EU — set for March 29, 2019 — should be solid in idea forward of a European summit in mid-October.
Barnier has already shot down May's proposed way to keeping the border between the UK and EU member Ireland open with no "hard border".
Under May's proposal a twin system of taxation can be offered which might see taxes levied by way of each and every facet of the Irish border for the good thing about the other.
Bank of England governor Mark Carney told the BBC on Friday that the chance of a no-deal Brexit was once "uncomfortably high" as talks entered a "critical phase".
European leaders have steadfastly voiced toughen for Barnier, who wrote in a work revealed in French and German newspapers Thursday that Britain and the EU "are 80 per cent in agreement on an exit deal."
"But 80 per cent is not 100 per cent," he warned. "Let's be frank, the United Kingdom, having decided to leave the single market, cannot be as economically close as the rest of the EU."
France is noticed as taking a specifically hard line within the Brexit negotiations, especially on financial products and services, with Paris already expecting to get about three,500 new banking jobs as leading avid gamers move operations out of London.
Companies in other sectors have also warned they could move operations out of Britain, which could turn out a boon for economies on the continent.
Barnier has maintained that any Brexit accord "must conform with the economic interests of the 27 remaining EU members, and the president has always supported this as well", the source in Macron's office mentioned.
But Macron also wants to avoid a "messy divorce", which Britain's international minister Jeremy Hunt has warned will occur in case of a "no-deal exit".
"France and Germany have to send a strong signal to the Commission that we need to negotiate a pragmatic and sensible outcome that protects jobs on both sides of the Channel," Hunt mentioned in a British press interview earlier than visiting Paris and Vienna this week.
The British appeal offensive persisted Thursday, when Brexit minister Dominic Raab mentioned he held "constructive" talks with France's Europe minister Nathalie Loiseau in Paris, pronouncing that they had mentioned "the progress of negotiations with Michel Barnier."
But a observation launched by way of Loiseau's office Friday mentioned she had "reiterated France's full support for Barnier and the remarkable work he is doing."
She and Macron will hang an "informal" two-hour meeting at Bregancon, a 17th-century castle long favoured by way of French presidents as a summer season retreat.
"The plan was to go to Bregancon, which is to be a summer residence but also a place for working, and since May was finishing her vacation in Italy we proposed hosting her here," a source in Macron's office mentioned.
May goes to put out "London's position on the Brexit talks and its future relations with the EU," the source mentioned. "It will be the occasion to clarify this proposal and discuss the political context."
There will likely be no press observation afterwards, because "there is absolutely no intention to speak in place of Michel Barnier," the EU's designated Brexit negotiator, the source added.
Pressure is rising on May to win allies on the continent after her "Chequers plan" brought about two best ministers to resign in protest remaining month.
The high minister has only some months earlier than an agreement on Britain's divorce from the EU — set for March 29, 2019 — should be solid in idea forward of a European summit in mid-October.
Barnier has already shot down May's proposed way to keeping the border between the UK and EU member Ireland open with no "hard border".
Under May's proposal a twin system of taxation can be offered which might see taxes levied by way of each and every facet of the Irish border for the good thing about the other.
Bank of England governor Mark Carney told the BBC on Friday that the chance of a no-deal Brexit was once "uncomfortably high" as talks entered a "critical phase".
European leaders have steadfastly voiced toughen for Barnier, who wrote in a work revealed in French and German newspapers Thursday that Britain and the EU "are 80 per cent in agreement on an exit deal."
"But 80 per cent is not 100 per cent," he warned. "Let's be frank, the United Kingdom, having decided to leave the single market, cannot be as economically close as the rest of the EU."
France is noticed as taking a specifically hard line within the Brexit negotiations, especially on financial products and services, with Paris already expecting to get about three,500 new banking jobs as leading avid gamers move operations out of London.
Companies in other sectors have also warned they could move operations out of Britain, which could turn out a boon for economies on the continent.
Barnier has maintained that any Brexit accord "must conform with the economic interests of the 27 remaining EU members, and the president has always supported this as well", the source in Macron's office mentioned.
But Macron also wants to avoid a "messy divorce", which Britain's international minister Jeremy Hunt has warned will occur in case of a "no-deal exit".
"France and Germany have to send a strong signal to the Commission that we need to negotiate a pragmatic and sensible outcome that protects jobs on both sides of the Channel," Hunt mentioned in a British press interview earlier than visiting Paris and Vienna this week.
The British appeal offensive persisted Thursday, when Brexit minister Dominic Raab mentioned he held "constructive" talks with France's Europe minister Nathalie Loiseau in Paris, pronouncing that they had mentioned "the progress of negotiations with Michel Barnier."
But a observation launched by way of Loiseau's office Friday mentioned she had "reiterated France's full support for Barnier and the remarkable work he is doing."
Brexit on the menu at May, Macron dinner
![Brexit on the menu at May, Macron dinner]()
Reviewed by Kailash
on
August 03, 2018
Rating:
