Tough Brexit Talk But Neither Side Has Given Up on Breakthrough
- EU officials, though pessimistic, say there’s time for a deal
- Deals are done ‘in the final furlong,’ U.K. PM Johnson says
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Angela Merkel’s challenge to Boris Johnson to find a Brexit solution in the next 30 days sounds impossible. But while both sides are talking tough, officials in private say there’s still time to salvage a deal.
The latest person to sound skeptical about the British prime minister’s chances of taking the U.K. out of the European Union with an agreement was a senior French official close to President Emmanuel Macron. A no-deal Brexit is now the likeliest scenario, the official said on Wednesday.