German Chancellor
Angela Merkel on Wednesday challenged
Britain to come up with alternatives to the
Irish border backstop within 30 days, but French President
Emmanuel Macron cautioned there would be no renegotiation of the
Brexit deal.
More than three years after the
United Kingdom voted to quit the
European Union, it is still unclear on what terms - or indeed whether - the bloc's second largest
economy will leave the club it joined in 1973.
British Prime Minister
Boris Johnson, a Brexiteer who won the premiership a month ago, is betting that the threat of "no-deal" Brexit turmoil will convince Merkel and Macron that the EU should do a last-minute deal to suit his demands.