The German Chancellor, Angela Merkel, says that her country is now making preparations for the UK to leave the EU without a deal.
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Germany is now making 'suitable preparations' for a no deal Brexit the German Chancellor, Angela Merkel, has revealed.
In what the Germans are calling her 'Big Brexit Speech', Merkel said:
"It is only fitting as a responsible and forward-thinking government leadership that we prepare for every scenario. That includes the possibility of Great Britain leaving the European Union without an agreement."
Now, if the translation is correct, her use of the geographical term 'Great Britain' instead of the 'United Kingdom' is interesting, because of course Great Britain does not include Northern Ireland. Is that a looseness of terminology, or something more sinister?
Anyway one of the big issues, she said, was how to deal with the approximately 100,000 UK citizens living and working in Germany.
Now, back in August, the UK Brexit secretary, Dominic Raab, said that it was inconceivable that the rights of 3.8 million EU nationals living in the UK would not be secured even in the event of a no deal Brexit.
And in September the PM Theresa May said of EU citizens in the UK: "even in the event of no deal your rights will be protected."
Moving on, the EU chief Brexit negotiator, Michel Barnier says he is open to extending the Brexit transition phase by a year.
This is being touted a a gesture of goodwill and flexibility by the EU to give the UK more time if needed.
But it seems that in return the EU wants some form of 'two tier' Irish border backstop.
So, I suppose this could be sold to the British people as "here is the backstop, but just in ..
