Britain's "brexit" deadline is approaching, and Prime Minister Johnson is making a final effort. According to the guardian, on October 2nd local time, Johnson delivered a closing speech at the Conservative Party's annual meeting in Manchester and released details of the new 'brexit' plan. He said that if the EU does not accept the new plan, Britain will have no agreement to "leave Europe" on October 31.
According to the new "brexit" plan, Britain will not set up checkpoints on or near the "boundary line" between Northern Ireland and Ireland. At the same time, it will use technical means to avoid the emergence of "hard boundary", so as to ensure Britain's complete separation from the European Union while maintaining peace in Northern Ireland.
According to the New York Times, Johnson refuted in his speech that Britain is not an "anti EU" country, and the conservative party is not an "anti EU" party. " We are Europeans and we love Europe. Anyway, I love Europe. " He hoped that after Britain's "brexit", the relationship between Britain and the EU would become "positive and confident".
Reuters reported that Johnson had a call with EU executive committee president Juncker on October 2. Juncker welcomed Johnson's determination to promote consultations and strive to reach an agreement, but pointed out that there are still some problems between Europe and Britain. Barnier, the EU's chief representative in charge of the brexit negotiations, said: "some progress has been made, but frankly, there is still a lot of work to be done to solve the border problem between Ireland and Britain and Northern Ireland."
Many EU diplomats are worried that Britain is moving towards "no agreement brexit" or delaying "brexit" again, because they believe that Britain's new plan is not enough for the two sides to reach an agreement before October 31. Johnson said further delays were "meaningless and costly".