British Prime Minister Stephen Barclay said Monday that Britain would leave the European Union on October 31 after postponing the deadline twice.
"We have always said clearly, and Boris Johnson (the most likely candidate to succeed Prime Minister Teresa Mae) said it clearly: the UK should come out on October 31," Stephen Barclay told a foreign press conference.
He added that the 27 European Union countries said that postponement without an objective is not desirable by the Union as well. Barclay spoke of the "fatigue of the Breakst," referring to the fatigue of this file, which has been pressing British political life since the June 2016 referendum in which 52% of Britons voted to leave the EU.
The British minister pointed out that the companies have "a desire not to be ambiguous".
The candidates to succeed Prime Minister Teresa Mae, former Foreign Minister Boris Johnson and current Foreign Minister Jeremy Hunt, confirm their desire to have an agreement with Brussels after British lawmakers have tripled the agreement reached by May.
None of the men, however, ruled out an exit without an agreement, while Boris Johnson insisted that the date of departure would be 31 October, by agreement or without.
Stephen Barclay, a supporter of Boris Johnson, said it was "in the interests of the parties to avoid a situation of no agreement." But he pointed out that the British government is preparing for such a scenario that will have "repercussions" on the UK and "clearly" also on the EU countries, amid the influence of "uneven" by the countries.
"For example, according to our analysts, the impact of a no-agreement situation will be greater on Ireland than the UK," said the British minister, who said he would meet Tuesday with European negotiator Michel Barnier.