From Dinard, where the G7 Foreign Ministers met, Jean-Yves Le Drian has punched the table so that the UK presents "very quickly" a plan to break the current Brexit blockage.
French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said on Saturday that it was time for the Brexit imbroglio to "stop", and that the British had to present "very quickly" the means to get out of it.
"At some point, there is an exit". "It is time for this situation to stop," he said at a press conference after a meeting of G7 Foreign Ministers in Dinard. "We will not be able to live in the perpetuity of the exit of the Brexit At some point, there is an exit," he warned.
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British Prime Minister Theresa May on Friday called for a further postponement of the withdrawal date: originally set for March 29 and then shifted to April 12, the Conservative leader wants more time until June 30. London is now seeking a cross-party solution to break the stalemate after Parliament rejected all Brexit scenarios, including three times the government-negotiated divorce agreement with Brussels, as well as several proposals submitted by deputies.
An exceptional European summit expected Wednesday. "It really needs the British authorities, the British Parliament realize that the European Union will not be able to permanently exhaust the vagaries of British domestic policy," said the head of French diplomacy. "It is important that the British tell us very quickly how they plan to emerge from this crisis," added Jean-Yves Le Drian in the perspective of the exceptional European summit planned for Wednesday on Brexit. "If there is a new extension (...) it is necessary that the United Kingdom presents a plan which justifies this request for extension and it is also necessary that, in this plan, there is an anticipation of a political support clear and credible, "he said.