do seem to misunderstand that the UK is a single country and a single territory". The exchange explains Johnson's comments on Saturday that "some of our friends. "Northern Ireland and Britain are part of the same country," he reportedly told Macron. Johnson was furious, according to the Sunday Times. "These are different geographical configurations and we are comparing things that are absolutely not comparable." told him Toulouse is part of the same territory, which is not the case for Northern Ireland" because it is separated from Great Britain by the Irish Sea, the source said. Johnson asked the French leader to imagine a situation where Toulouse sausages could not be sold in Paris, which left Macron "astonished", according to a source in the president's office. The issue was raised again when Prime Minister Boris Johnson met French President Emmanuel Macron for talks on the sidelines of the G7 summit in southwest England on Saturday. Talks broke down earlier this week, and the European Union is threatening retaliation if Britain unilaterally extends a grace period for trade in chilled meat, including sausages, next month. UK anger with Europe sizzled on Sunday after a sausage-themed dispute between the British and French leaders over post-Brexit trading arrangements in Northern Ireland.īrussels is equally angered at London's refusal to implement checks on goods heading into Northern Ireland from England, Scotland and Wales.
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