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Wednesday, October 16, 2019
From the Liveblog of
Wednesday, October 16, 2019
Merkel says Brexit deal talks in ‘final sprint’
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleThe leaders of the two biggest European Union nations are convinced the Brexit negotiations are in their final stages and that a deal is ready to be adopted by EU leaders on Thursday.
At a joint press conference in Toulouse, France, French President Emmanuel Macron says that “We have the hope and willingness to adopt an agreement” at the two-day summit with British Prime Minister Boris Johnson. “What we heard today is positive.”
Standing beside Macron, German Chancellor Angela Merkel also expresses her hopes a deal could be finalized in the next hours, saying “we are in the final sprint.”
— AP
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