Allies of German Chancellor Angela Merkel dismiss the UK prime minister's new Brexit demands ahead of their meeting on Wednesday evening.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel will this afternoon reject Boris Johnson's request for support in his attempts to remove the Irish backstop from the Brexit deal. Johnson will visit Berlin in his first overseas visit as prime minister. He hopes to persuade key EU members including Germany and France to support his efforts to renegotiate the Brexit deal, but both Angela Merkel and French President Emmanuel Macron are likely to rebuff his approach.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel will this afternoon reject Boris Johnson's request for support in his attempts to remove the Irish backstop from the Brexit deal. Johnson will visit Berlin in his first overseas visit as prime minister. He hopes to persuade key EU members including Germany and France to support his efforts to renegotiate the Brexit deal, but both Angela Merkel and French President Emmanuel Macron are likely to rebuff his approach.
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