Published 22:16 IST, October 8th 2019

EU's Donald Tusk accuses Boris Johnson of 'blame game' in Brexit deal

The European Council President Donald Tusk took on twitter to address Prime Minister Boris Johnson that the Brexit deal is not 'some stupid blame game'.

Reported by: Aanchal Nigam
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European Council President Donald Tusk took to Twitter to dress United Kingdom Prime Minister Boris Johnson that Brexit deal is t “some stupid blame game” and questioned his motives for fast deteriorating negotiations on October 8. This came in response after Downing Street delivered a fairly negative reaction to phone call between PM Johnson and Angela Merkel, German Chancellor. Tusk believes that Britain's exit from European Union should t result in a reportedly chaotic and costly affair. 

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Still hopes for a deal

British government is still hopeful of striking a Brexit deal with European Union even though difficulties that have presently clouded both sides about its chances of success. While EU leers have asked for more realistic negotiations from Britain in response to proposed Brexit plan by PM Johnson. 28-nation bloc says that proposal does t fulfil Britain's commitment to a nconflicting border between rrn Ireland and EU member Ireland. However, President of France, Emmanuel Macron, said that EU will analyze possibility of Brexit deal by end of this week. 

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'Open but unconvinced'

On October 4, Donald Tusk told Prime Minister of United Kingdom, Boris Johnson, that y remain open for discussions but still are t convinced with proposed deal. PM Johnson was ticed using a slightly more conciliatory tone in Parliament while presenting his new offers of regulation of tre between Ireland and rrn Ireland after Brexit represented a significant compromise. However, according to European leers, measures proposed by PM Johnson are falling short of compromise required to strike a deal. 

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19:20 IST, October 8th 2019