Brexit: French President Macron says october should be final deadline

[Deleted member 15428]

Macron said Brexit must happen at the end of October and there should be no more extensions. He regrets Brexit, but says it has to happen unless the British people change their mind.

"I think it is a big mistake to procrastinate. I think this is the final final deadline," he said in Paris, adding that he doesn't want the new European Commission to have to deal with Brexit.

Macron has long been a hardliner on Brexit and resisted giving the U.K. a long extension in the first place. Junior economy minister Agnes Pannier-Runacher said earlier that endless delays would be worse than a no-deal.

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https://www.bloomberg.com/news/arti...o-take-u-k-out-of-eu-in-october-brexit-update

 

[Deleted member 29237]

Agreed, it was a mistake to trigger Article 50 before anyone had any clue what to do, and the end result has been a disastrous mess that has made the UK the laughing stock of the western world. The fact the Conservatives are more concerned with electing a new leader than actually trying to agree with each other (let alone anyone outside the party) says it all - they have no real personal stake in this beyond possibly standing to personally profit from whatever side gigs they have going.

 

[fanboi]

Agreed, it was a mistake to trigger Article 50 before anyone had any clue what to do, and the end result has been a disastrous mess that has made the UK the laughing stock of the western world. The fact the Conservatives are more concerned with electing a new leader than actually trying to agree with each other (let alone anyone outside the party) says it all - they have no real personal stake in this beyond possibly standing to personally profit from whatever side gigs they have going.

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United States of America: Hold my beer.

 

[Crocks]

Agreed, it was a mistake to trigger Article 50 before anyone had any clue what to do, and the end result has been a disastrous mess that has made the UK the laughing stock of the western world.

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In a way I don't think it would have mattered. The problem isn't really that we've "run out of time", it's that there's a huge contingent of people who believe that we can achieve something that's impossible. I don't think waiting longer to trigger A50 would have dispelled this notion. It still hasn't' been dispelled and we're staring down the barrel.

 

[hurroocane]

I'm not happy that Brexit happened ( /is happening) but I agree it's time to get it over with. The EU has to deal with important decisions in the coming years and we can't keep this Brexit limbo distraction up indefinitely.

 

[gutter_trash]

especially since the next UK PM will high likely be a hard Brexiteer

there is no point negotiating with the nonnegotiable

 

[Deleted member 7051]

They really should never have been able to hold a referendum, let alone evoke Article 50, without a plan already in place for a smooth transition. I'd much prefer they just cancelled the whole thing but there's not much we can do - the politicians that are meant to serve us stopped listening to us three years ago.

 

[nekkid]

That actually sounds less hard line on the topic than he was for the last deadline.

 

[Hollywood Duo]

He's right. Without a hard deadline it'll never get done.

 

[mescalineeyes]

The threat of a looming Brexit without any follow through and continuous delays is actually preferable to right, because based on the fallout that will happen when Brexit does in fact happen those idiots will be run out of town.

 

[Maxximo]

Don't worry guys the Cheeto got your back.

 

[Keikaku]

 

[ColdSun]

At this point, it's time to brush the cat outside unless it quickly decides its warmer inside. The door needs to close.

 

[darkwing]

nah it will get extended

 

[Deleted member 19218]

Please veto another extension. I want to point out to the nationalists that Brexit is being handled on a French man's terms. That would be sure to frustrate them.

In all seriousness, I admire this guy because I feel like he's doing more for the UK in regards to Brexit than our own government. Originally I heard there might have been a 2 year extension had it not of been for this guy. He's a bit more realistic and keeping things in check which is going to force our government to act at some point.