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Johnson Presents Post-Brexit Deal As A Christmas “Gift” To Brits

First modification: 25/12/2020 – 00:48

London (AFP)

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson waved the hundreds of pages of the post-Brexit trade agreement closed hours earlier with the European Union on Thursday night as if it were a Christmas “gift.”

“Tonight, for Christmas Eve, I have a gift for those looking for something to read in the soporific after-dinner of the Christmas meal,” said the head of the British government in a video message. “Here it is: satisfactory news, this is an agreement, an agreement to provide security for companies and travelers and all investors in our country from January 1, an agreement with our friends and partners in the European Union.”

“Do you remember, do you remember the agreement ready to bake?”, Said this skilled communicator, taking up one of the slogans of his campaign in the December 2019 elections, which he won.

This divorce agreement between London and Brussels, which was put to a vote thanks to its large majority in Parliament, was “just the new one”. The free trade agreement reached on Thursday “is the feast, full of fish, by the way,” added the conservative president, joking about one of the main issues of contention in the negotiations. “I believe it will be the basis of a happy, successful and stable partnership with our friends in the EU for years to come,” he said.

“It is the good news of Brussels, now they touch the cabbages”, that the British adore, “and happy Christmas to all”, concluded.

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