{"id":3901,"date":"2019-07-30T18:56:45","date_gmt":"2019-07-30T18:56:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/euromenaenergy.com\/?p=3901"},"modified":"2019-07-30T18:56:45","modified_gmt":"2019-07-30T18:56:45","slug":"eu-must-compromise-on-brexit-deal-johnson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emimer.com\/?p=3901","title":{"rendered":"EU must compromise on Brexit deal: Johnson"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Prime Minister Boris Johnson yesterday urged EU leaders to drop their opposition to renegotiating Brexit, as the pound slumped on growing concerns about a no-deal departure.
\nJohnson, who took office last week, wants to change the exit terms struck by predecessor Theresa May but insists he will leave the European Union without any agreement at all if necessary on October 31.
\nBrussels has said it will not reopen the text.
\n\u201cThe withdrawal agreement is dead,\u201d Johnson told reporters during his first visit to Scotland. \u201cI am confident we will get a deal but it is also right we prepare for no-deal,\u201d he said.
\nThe government has not yet announced plans for Johnson to visit EU capitals, and a spokeswoman indicated he would not go until Brussels changes its stance.
\n\u201cHe obviously wants to meet EU leaders and negotiate but not to be sat down and told that the EU cannot possibly reopen the withdrawal agreement,\u201d the spokeswoman said.
\nThe Confederation for British Industry (CBI), the country\u2019s top business lobby group, said companies now needed to be on an \u201cemergency footing\u201d because of the growing likelihood of no-deal.
\nThe pound lost more than 1% of its value against the dollar yesterday, hitting a two-year low. In a report, the CBI warned that both Britain and the EU were not prepared for a no-deal Brexit and urged businesses to step up contingency plans.
\nThe group\u2019s head of EU negotiations Nicole Sykes tweeted that it was \u201clike putting sandbags down for a flood\u201d.
\n\u201cYour kitchen\u2019s still going to be underwater but MAYBE we can save the bedroom upstairs,\u201d she wrote.
\nThe Institute for Government also warned that a no-deal Brexit would \u201cdominate government for years\u201d, allowing little room for other domestic priorities outlined by Johnson such as health, education and transport.
\nThe think-tank said such an outcome would also place the United Kingdom, which includes England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, \u201cunder unprecedented pressure\u201d.
\nOn his first visit to Scotland as prime minister, Johnson visited a military base before meeting Scottish Conservative leader Ruth Davidson, who has been opposed to a no-deal Brexit.
\nIrish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar has also said that a no-deal Brexit would make more people in Northern Ireland \u201ccome to question the union\u201d with Britain.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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