23 Aug 2019

Boris Johnson in talks over Brexit with Emmanuel Macron

From Morning Report, 6:47 am on 23 August 2019

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has met with the French President Emmanuel Macron overnight, with just ten weeks to go until the UK is due to depart from the European Union. Mr Johnson is continuing to push for the withdrawal agreement that's been negotiated to be reopened, and he's asking for the Irish backstop to be scrapped. Mr Macron said he's being presented as 'the bad guy' in the Brexit process, and downplayed that idea.