Encouraged by Merkel, UK’s Johnson tells Macron: I want a Brexit deal

PARIS – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson advised French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday that he needed a Brexit deal and believed it was nonetheless attainable to succeed in one in time for the Oct. 31 deadline.

Johnson additionally mentioned he had been “powerfully inspired” by what he had heard from German Chancellor Angela Merkel throughout talks in Berlin on Wednesday.

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