• Brexit Boris Johnson acknowledges that there is a "strong possibility" of not reaching an agreement with the EU

  • Negotiation: The EU sees more chances of not achieving a post-Brexit pact with London than of achieving it

The 'premier' Boris Johnson has gone further than ever in his

statements in favor of an abrupt exit from the EU and without a trade agreement

.

As he passed through Blyth, in the north of England, this Friday, he declared verbatim: "I have to say, from where I am, that it seems very, very likely that we will have to go for a solution that I think would be wonderful for him. UK, and we would be able to do exactly what we wanted from January 1st. "

To clear the doubts and make it clear that he was talking about the

'no deal'

, the conservative leader added: "It would be an obviously different solution than the one we have tried to achieve, but I have no doubt that this country can be prepared to leave. [of the EU] under the terms of the World Trade Organization. "

Johnson's statements came within hours of an

attempt by

the 'premier' to approach French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Angela Merkel to hold bilateral telephone conversations and try to unblock the negotiations.

Both Macron and Merkel told Downing Street that the intermediary is still the president of the European Commission

, Ursula von der Leyen.

After the unsuccessful dinner last Wednesday, Johnson and Von der Leyen set Sunday as the deadline to reach an agreement or consider the negotiations broken, since then stalled by the

three usual pitfalls

: fishing quotas, the "same level of play "in state subsidies and environmental and labor standards, and the governance rules of the agreement itself.

Johnson blamed Brussels on Thursday for hampering the final stretch of negotiations with the

proposal for an "equivalence"

between the UK and the European Union: "That basically means we have to follow the new laws they pass. It's as if we are twins and if the EU decides to get a haircut, the UK should either get the same cut or face punishment. That's one way they want to have us caught up in their regulatory orbit. "

The 'premier' acknowledged that there is a "strong possibility" of an abrupt break with the EU as

of January 1

, when the Brexit transition period ends, which has the backing of his cabinet and that the British must be prepared .

Ursula von der Leyen admitted on Friday that there is

"a greater possibility" of 'no deal' than of reaching an agreement

under the finish line.

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