France activates plan for no-deal Brexit: PM

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Last Updated : Jan 17 2019 | 4:35 PM IST

The French government has activated its plans for handling the effects of a no-deal Brexit, which has become "less and less unlikely", Prime Minister Edouard Philippe said Thursday.

Speaking after a ministerial meeting called to discuss the British parliament's rejection of the divorce deal negotiated with the EU, Philippe said: "I have taken the decision to activate the plan for a no-deal Brexit or hard Brexit as it is sometimes called.

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First Published: Jan 17 2019 | 4:35 PM IST

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