Schaamteloze copy & paste uit The Guradian...
+1 voor de Franse regering.
https://www.theguardian.c...e-extension-politics-live
The French foreign minister has said categorically that Paris could say no to May’s request for an extension if the prime minister does not set out a clear plan for the withdrawal agreement to be ratified by parliament.
The pro-European Emmanuel Macron, who is seeking EU reform and wants to avoid his term being bogged down in Brexit, is happy for France to take the hardest line in voicing EU exasperation.
The foreign minister Jean-Yves Le Drian told the French parliament on Wedsnesday afternoon:
Our position is to send a simple and clear message to the British.
He said there were only two ways to leave the EU – ratify the withdrawal agreement or a no-deal exit.
He said if the withdrawal agreement wasn’t ratified by parliament, “the central scenario is a no-deal exit. We’re ready”.
Le Drian said France would examine the extension request in terms of protecting EU interests. France needed three things: First, that a short technical extension clearly sets out the path to the ratification of the withdrawal agreement. Second, that the UK “is very clear that the withdrawal agreement will not be renegotiated and will be preserved in its entirety”. Third, that the UK does not take part in European elections.
He stated, that if May could not present “sufficient guarantees of the credibility of her strategy” that will lead to the extension being refused and a no-deal exit.
An official at the Elysee palace warned this week:
Playing for time just for the sake of playing for time would not constitute a project or strategy. Now is not the time for procrastinating.
+1 voor de Franse regering.
https://www.theguardian.c...e-extension-politics-live
The French foreign minister has said categorically that Paris could say no to May’s request for an extension if the prime minister does not set out a clear plan for the withdrawal agreement to be ratified by parliament.
The pro-European Emmanuel Macron, who is seeking EU reform and wants to avoid his term being bogged down in Brexit, is happy for France to take the hardest line in voicing EU exasperation.
The foreign minister Jean-Yves Le Drian told the French parliament on Wedsnesday afternoon:
Our position is to send a simple and clear message to the British.
He said there were only two ways to leave the EU – ratify the withdrawal agreement or a no-deal exit.
He said if the withdrawal agreement wasn’t ratified by parliament, “the central scenario is a no-deal exit. We’re ready”.
Le Drian said France would examine the extension request in terms of protecting EU interests. France needed three things: First, that a short technical extension clearly sets out the path to the ratification of the withdrawal agreement. Second, that the UK “is very clear that the withdrawal agreement will not be renegotiated and will be preserved in its entirety”. Third, that the UK does not take part in European elections.
He stated, that if May could not present “sufficient guarantees of the credibility of her strategy” that will lead to the extension being refused and a no-deal exit.
An official at the Elysee palace warned this week:
Playing for time just for the sake of playing for time would not constitute a project or strategy. Now is not the time for procrastinating.
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