Emmanuel Macron and Angela Merkel are prepared to change their stanceAngela Merkel and President Macron closed ranks yesterday to confront Boris Johnson with a final offer on Brexit trade talks. The French and German leaders agreed to weaken European Union demands for a so-called level playing field, a Brussels diplomatic source said. Although more “conciliatory” than past positions taken by France, the new joint stance comes with a renewed warning that Mr Macron is ready to abandon talks to concentrate on preparing for a no-deal. Speaking to Times Radio, James Cleverly, the foreign minister, said that the UK would not “roll over” for the sake of a deal. Insisting that delays were unsurprising, he said: “They always go to the wire, there are always a couple of really

Source: The Times December 07, 2020 00:24 UTC