The Government of Angela Merkel (pictured in Berlin yesterday) is factoring in a British departure from the bloc on October 31 without a deal in place, according to leaked documents
Germany expects a No Deal Brexit because the EU has 'no choice' but to refuse to agree to Boris Johnson's demands that it remove the Irish border backstop according to leaked Berlin government documents
Berlin believes that a disorderly Brexit was now 'highly likely' on October 31
It believes the EU will refuse Boris Johnson's demand to axe the backstop
It also does not expect Mr Johnson to remove his demand
Germany expects the UK to crash out of the EU under a No Deal Brexit on Halloween because Brussels will not cave in to Boris Johnson's demands for a new Withdrawal Agreement, leaked documents revealed today.
Berlin is factoring in a British departure from the bloc on October 31 without a deal in place on their future relations, saying a disorderly Brexit was now 'highly likely'.
A Handelsblatt business newspaper report, citing a finance ministry document, said Brussels would refuse to agree to the Prime Minister's core demand that the customs backstop plan in the current Withdrawal Agreement, disappear before it can be signed.
The facility was agreed by Theresa May with the EU in November but was later rejected three times by MPs in the Commons.
The document said that Berlin did not expect Mr Johnson to back down on his demand, leading the way to a No Deal Brexit.
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