The French president has given Boris Johnson until the end of the week to fundamentally revise his Brexit plan, in a move that increases the chances of the negotiations imploding within days. After declining to meet with the prime minister in person, Macron further insisted during a phone call on Sunday that the talks would only be advanced through Michel Barnier, the EU’s chief negotiator. Michel Barnier: blame Boris Johnson for a no-deal Brexit Read moreThe two sides appear locked in an impasse. Meanwhile Latvia’s prime minister, Krišjānis Kariņš, told the BBC the onus was on Johnson to make a move. Stressing that his plan now had more support from MPs than any previous proposal, Johnson told Macron that it was now up to the EU to compromise.

Source: The Guardian October 06, 2019 16:45 UTC