UK's Johnson to meet Macron, Merkel next week: Guardian

 

FILE PHOTO: Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson delivers a speech outside Downing Street in London, Britain July 24, 2019. REUTERS/Hannah McKay/File Picture

 

LONDON (Reuters) - British leader Boris Johnson will travel to meet his French and German counterparts on Tuesday and Wednesday next week, in his first foreign engagements since becoming prime minister last month, a Guardian reporter said on Friday.

 

Johnson is seeking to persuade European Union leaders to reopen Brexit talks or face the prospect of its second-largest member leaving abruptly on Oct. 31 with no deal in place on their future relations, a move businesses expect would cause major disruption.

 

Germany's government said earlier on Friday that Chancellor Angela Merkel would meet Johnson soon but did not give a date.

 

French President Emmanuel Macron's office had no immediate comment, and a spokeswoman for Johnson's office had no update on his travel plans.

 

"Boris Johnson's busy week to include Macron in Paris on Tues, Merkel in Berlin on Wed and calls with (Irish prime minister) Leo Varadkar and (EU Council leader) Donald Tusk," the Guardian's Brussels bureau chief said on Twitter.

 

News organisation Buzzfeed had reported shortly before that Johnson would meet Macron and Merkel next week, without giving exact dates.

 

Johnson is already expected to attend a G7 meeting of European and world leaders in Biarritz, southwest France, next weekend.

 

(Reporting by David Milliken; additional reporting by Sudip Kar-Gupta in PARIS and Joseph Nasr in BERLIN; Editing by Hugh Lawson)

 

-- © Copyright Reuters 2019-08-17

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He’ll find his jolly blustering and acting the fool when pressed on details to be a trick that plays well to some in the UK but elsewhere is seen for what it is - Evidence that he hasn’t got a clue what he’s talking about.

17 minutes ago, Chomper Higgot said:

He’ll find his jolly blustering and acting the fool when pressed on details to be a trick that plays well to some in the UK but elsewhere is seen for what it is - Evidence that he hasn’t got a clue what he’s talking about.

we got rid of the fool (T May) and you know it - and if you don't well that says a lot

 

#FUPE 

No need for translators

 

Angela can speak English and even Boris would understand nein, Nein, NEIN...

Edited August 17, 20196 yr by Basil B

Johnson holds a gun to the head of the UK economy, then goes off to make his demands.

 

Let’s see what he comes back with.

7 minutes ago, Chomper Higgot said:

Let’s see what he comes back with.

A box, he will tell us it is full of goodies, when in actual fact it is empty, the real calamity will be how much he paid for the box...

10 minutes ago, Chomper Higgot said:

Johnson holds a gun to the head of the UK economy, then goes off to make his demands.

 

Let’s see what he comes back with.

usually one would (hope) expect empty handed....

Odds on him chinning Merkel and nutting Macron to get his no deal over the line faster is even money????

20 minutes ago, sammieuk1 said:

Odds on him chinning Merkel and nutting Macron to get his no deal over the line faster is even money????

Nah, he’ll try to waffle and bluster her into surrender.

Any news of what he brought back from Dublin?

16 minutes ago, Chomper Higgot said:

Any news of what he brought back from Dublin?

Cameron's old pig s far as I know????

1 hour ago, Chomper Higgot said:

Johnson holds a gun to the head of the UK economy, then goes off to make his demands.

 

Let’s see what he comes back with.

The bullets one suspects.

When are these politicians going to get real ? Boris, forget about political correctness and drop-kick Macron in the n**s ! France is the enemy, why did we help them ?

Meanwhile behind Johnson's bluster and thrashing about:

 

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/no-deal-brexit-boris-public-opinion-poll-against-delay-cancel-second-referendum-a9062686.html

Like say in AA "If you keep doing the same thing and expect a different outcome, that's crazy"

"... drop-kick Macron in the n**s ! France is the enemy, why did we help them ?"

Accept responsibility for stupid choices, perhaps? Anyone who thought Brexit would be welcomed with open arms by EU is not playing with a full deck.

Drop kicking any part of anatomy shows how bankrupt, how lacking in knowledge or diplomacy or even basics of divorce poster is.

When you run out of reason, arguments, logic, sanity.... violence is about all you've got left

 

I wonder if Johnson has learned anything since 2016? 

 

The question is rhetorical. 

 

https://www.businessinsider.com/boris-johnson-making-impossible-brexit-promises-article-50-2016-11

4 hours ago, smedly said:

we got rid of the fool (T May) and you know it - and if you don't well that says a lot

 

#FUPE 

I sincerely hope im wrong but I fear that time will show mrs May to have been the realist , the no deal fantasists to be the fools.

1 hour ago, phantomfiddler said:

When are these politicians going to get real ? Boris, forget about political correctness and drop-kick Macron in the n**s ! France is the enemy, why did we help them ?

That is quite an eloquent statement for a rabid Brexiter , congratulations.

3 hours ago, Basil B said:

No need for translators

Angela can speak English and even Boris would understand nein, Nein, NEIN...

Boris - at least accoring his files - is fluent in French, Italian and.. Latin...

 

But seen Boris' lack of interests in details, curious is he knows, whoch fuction those two have...

25 minutes ago, joecoolfrog said:

I sincerely hope im wrong but I fear that time will show mrs May to have been the realist , the no deal fantasists to be the fools.

no deal ? what deal are you talking about ?, do you mean a "Trade Deal" or T May's cluster f surrender treaty - no thanks

 

The EU refused to talk about a "trade" deal until we had left, so we are leaving 31st Oct

 

This deal talk - hard/soft Brexit - deal/no deal - crash out...….....all invented by remainers in an attempt to confuse the issue and create obstacles to leaving that don't exist, when people talk about "deal" lets stop the confusion and name it correctly - you have two choices and both are vastly different things

 

- Trade Deal

- Exit Treaty agreement under ART50

 

so which is it ?

 

Once we leave talks will resume very quickly minus all the deflection and BS - we will have left already

3 hours ago, sammieuk1 said:

Odds on him chinning Merkel and nutting Macron to get his no deal over the line faster is even money????

Have to wonder why  Boris needs to go anywhere,just sits on his throne,waiting for the clock to tick down and collect his crown.

   Funny how Eire the EU and brexiteers all worked as one,all got the result they wanted,backstop stays in place,and so it should,gives Boris a handle to get the UK out of the EU,without that would have been a tougher proposition for Boris,anyway mission accomplished,out of EU

 Do not think anyone in GB could give a toss for the backstop anyway,let the EU set up watchtowers..just wonder at stroke of midnight at border Paddy  O'Toole's  meat wagon comes to an abrupt stop ,asked for WTO certificate,he will think its for a knees up at Molly Malone's pub around the corner

     Well Done Boris,should not go to Paris/ Berlin,job done,do not let them blink  lol

4 hours ago, Chomper Higgot said:

Johnson holds a gun to the head of the UK economy, then goes off to make his demands.

 

Let’s see what he comes back with.

Instructions.

5 hours ago, Chomper Higgot said:

He’ll find his jolly blustering and acting the fool when pressed on details to be a trick that plays well to some in the UK but elsewhere is seen for what it is - Evidence that he hasn’t got a clue what he’s talking about.

Great. So he has no chance of achieving anything then. I wonder what you'd say if he didn't even bother trying?

The roadshows in UK were good,  Boris instructions..to take stock of now stopping provisions from EU  ,but pre-Cap countries re-visited,mostly SL and western Africa countries that supplied Europe before France introduced CAP,forcing prices up to benefit of French farmers,  it laid waste to those regions,now re-opened,hell the UK  PLC could get the Nobel peace prize for this    Boris I'm sure will lay this on the table next week  Merkel crying her eyes out at those miles and miles of plastic cities in Spain being laid to waste

1 hour ago, joecoolfrog said:

That is quite an eloquent statement for a rabid Brexiter , congratulations.

Well, we can't let the rabid remainers lay claim to all of them.

Edited August 17, 20196 yr by nauseus

4 hours ago, Chomper Higgot said:

Johnson holds a gun to the head of the UK economy, then goes off to make his demands.

 

Let’s see what he comes back with.

holes in his pockets

4 hours ago, Mavideol said:

usually one would (hope) expect empty handed....

Better than the empty headed May.

5 hours ago, Basil B said:

No need for translators

 

Angela can speak English and even Boris would understand nein, Nein, NEIN...

Boris is by nature of his schooling  fluent in French  also in conversational German   (FACT) 

3 minutes ago, Lamkyong said:

Boris is by nature of his schooling  fluent in French  also in conversational German   (FACT) 

fluent in French by schooling, pas possible..... even his English is not that fluent, very difficult to understand, speaks with mouth full of "s..."

6 hours ago, smedly said:

we got rid of the fool (T May) and you know it - and if you don't well that says a lot

 

#FUPE 

No there is even a bigger fool now