France refuses to grant a new extension of Brexit – Telam

Jean-Yves Le Drian

French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said that "in the current state of affairs", his government does not support the approval of a new extension in the European Union (EU) in order to continue negotiations on a bloc exit in the UK with clear agreement. "The British must tell us what they want, we will not do it," he added in an interview with CNews, quoted by the EFE news agency. .

Drian did not limit himself to diplomatic expressions and said that the British government was "deadlocked" because "now in the British Parliament, there is no more majority", nor for a Brexit without agreement or for the call for early elections.

On Monday, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will vote again on the House of Commons motion to advance the 2020 elections for next month. Johnson's intention is to take advantage of the growing popularity of the latest polls and to obtain an absolute majority in the House, which will enable him on October 17 to meet with EU leaders in Brussels and to 'announce the type of Brexit that he decides, without the limits that Parliament wants to impose today. Under the law, the UK must leave the EU on October 31st.

However, last week, both Houses of the British Parliament pbaded a motion to ban the possibility of a Brexit without an agreement with the EU and to force the government to seek an extension in Brussels, s & # 39; 39, he does not reach an agreement before October 19th. two days after the EU summit and two days before the legal deadline to leave the EU. This motion should be promulgated by the Queen on Monday.