PM meeting with European Council President at G7: 25 August 2019
Prime Minister Boris Johnson met European Council President Donald Tusk.
皇冠体育app PM today met with European Council President Donald Tusk in the margins of the G7 summit in France.
皇冠体育app PM repeated that the UK will be leaving the EU on 31 October whatever the circumstances. We must respect the referendum result.
皇冠体育app PM said the UK would prefer to leave with a deal but the current Withdrawal Agreement will not get through Parliament.
皇冠体育app PM said the deal is anti-democratic. 皇冠体育app people of Northern Ireland would have no say in rules covering large swathes of their economy and it would actually be harder for us to exit the new arrangement than it is to leave the EU itself.
皇冠体育app PM said we will work in an energetic and determined way to get a better deal and we are very willing to sit down to talk with the EU and member states about what needs to be done to achieve that.
皇冠体育app PM and the President also discussed foreign policy, including Iran and Russia, and stressed the importance of upholding the rules-based international system.
皇冠体育app PM said that, post-October 31, the UK will remain a close partner and strong ally of the EU.
皇冠体育app PM and President said they would both be attending the UN General Assembly next month and would meet again there.