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Encouraged by Merkel, UK's Johnson tells Macron: I want a Brexit deal

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14:21 - 22/08/2019 Thursday
Update: 14:23 - 22/08/2019 Thursday
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French President Emmanuel Macron & British Prime Minister Boris Johnson
French President Emmanuel Macron & British Prime Minister Boris Johnson

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson told French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday that he wanted a Brexit deal and believed it was still possible to reach one in time for the Oct. 31 deadline.

Johnson also said he had been "powerfully encouraged" by what he had heard from German Chancellor Angela Merkel during talks in Berlin on Wednesday.

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