France triggers 'hard Brexit' plan, to invest in ports and airports

France triggers hard Brexit plan, to invest in ports and airports
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France has put in motion a contingency plan to deal with an eventual hard Brexit, Prime Minister Edouard Philippe said on January 17, including 50 million euros 57 million of investments to help ports and airports cope

Prime Minister Theresa May's two-year attempt to forge an amicable divorce was crushed by the British parliament on January 15 in the biggest defeat for a British leader in modern history.

France has put in motion a contingency plan to deal with an eventual "hard Brexit," Prime Minister Edouard Philippe said on January 17, including 50 million euros ($57 million) of investments to help ports and airports cope.

"What's certain is that the scenario of a no-deal Brexit is less and less unlikely. That's why... I have decided to trigger the plan for a no-deal Brexit," Philippe told reporters.

Prime Minister Theresa May's two-year attempt to forge an amicable divorce was crushed by the British parliament on January 15 in the biggest defeat for a British leader in modern history.

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