France's wartime hero Charles de Gaulle twice vetoed Britain's attempt...
BRUSSELS - France’s wartime hero Charles de Gaulle twice vetoed Britain’s attempts to join the European Economic Community in the 1960s, convinced the country was a poor fit for Europe.
At a two-day summit in Brussels that ended on Friday his message to Britain was blunt - ratify our hard-won divorce deal, present a new plan or leave without a deal on April 12. Britain had sought an extension until June 30. “The European project must not remain hostage to Brexit,” Macron said on Friday after EU leaders handed British Prime Minister Theresa May a final chance to leave the bloc in an orderly fashion.Even as Ireland, Germany and others adopted a softer tone during a fraught seven-hour debate on Thursday, Macron was adamant: “We are ready for Brexit. France didn’t choose this, the British people did. We can feel sorry about it, but we have had time to prepare for it.
“The tragedy is, he cannot be Charlemagne,” he said, in a reference to the many divisions dogging the modern EU, “but he can be a de Gaulle .”
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