Brexit: talks stalled after tense exchange between Johnson and Merkel

The talks to reach an agreement between the United Kingdom and the 27 would be in complete judgment, says the British press. Even at the edge of the break. Things got worse on Tuesday following a telephone conversation between Boris Johnson, the British prime minister, and German Chancellor Angela Merkel.

According to a source cited by
several media from 10 Downing Street,

    an agreement would be "virtually impossible" at the moment. Angela Merkel would have asked again for new British proposals providing for the maintenance of British Northern Ireland in the European Customs Union. This eventuality continues to categorically refuse London.

In
his last proposal,

    Boris Johnson was simply considering regulatory alignment, but not customs, with the neighboring Republic of Ireland, a member of the EU.

The scenario of a "no deal" is reinforced

Several other European leaders have also raised their voice against London. On Twitter, the President of the European Council, the Polish Donald Tusk, accused Boris Johnson of playing with the "future of Europe and the United Kingdom" in trying to blame the Europeans for the failure of negotiations. . "We remain open to finalizing a fair Brexit deal, but we need a UK government willing to work with the EU to get there," said Irish Foreign Minister Simon Coveney on the same social network.

However, a sign that the hypothesis of a "no deal" is strengthening, the Irish Minister of Finance Paschal Donohoe announced Tuesday a massive support plan for the economy of his country, amounting to 1.2 billion in order to mitigate the impact. according to
The Spectator,

    the British head of government is actually banking on a failure of negotiations with the EU and will do "all sorts of things" to avoid a new deadline.

The Europeans gave the British government until the end of the week to present an acceptable compromise and reach a friendly separation on October 31, after 46 years of life together. The European Council of 17 and 18 October next must fix the last details.