depending on which method they choose but bottom line they will have their say over that but that is not convincing them either and that s why of course the question we put to i m going to michael here was what do you do when they ask for an extension sort of sidestepped that she did not want to answer that s typical i m going to back off you know she says 1st things 1st and then we ll see afterwards but john close to the head of the e.u. commission was much more outspoken he said no extension problem here is he doesn t really have a say it s the leaders that will decide this year that s a very good point and with that in northern irish assembly i don t the assembly has it convened i think in 2 years so it s interesting you know we were wondering how is that going to work. or give you the final word he did he s going to have the final say then here. the people if it goes to a 2nd referendum which although if it s or if it s a general election runs the general elections either way i thi
have they been permanently damaged today i mean we heard you know e.u. leaders today talking about how they regret still that the u.k. is leaving but is there permit other permanent scars here. well nothing is permanent but of course you have a change in the stance of the e.u. leaders that you 27 so all the member states excluding you the united kingdom and it was palpable this week for the 1st time when i get a medical had a press conference i believe it was in toulouse in france and she used the word competitor for the u.k. for the 1st time and not potential friend or partner so they have accepted that with the goal that boris johnson has of a free trade agreement no longer a customs union so no longer the closest possible partnership but free trade agreement that the u.k. will indeed more be a competitor right outside of the european union and that s what s making them so worried that s different from canada for example and they also have a free trade agreement or with japan with wh
depending on which method they choose but bottom line they will have their say over that but that is not convincing them either and that s why of course the question we put to i m going to back here was what do you do when they ask for an extension so you sort of sidestep that she did not want to answer that s typical i m going to back off you know she says 1st things 1st and then we ll see afterwards but john claud you look at the head of the e.u. commission was much more outspoken he said no extension problem here is he doesn t really have a say it s the leaders that will decide this year that s a very good point to make that in northern irish assembly i don t the assembly has it convened i think in 2 years so it s interesting you know we were wondering how is that going to work. or give you the final word he s going to have the final say then here. the people if it goes to a 2nd referendum which of origins or if it s a general election runs the general elections that either way i th
a free trade agreement because the u.k. is so close of course culturally tied so close also to the european union that they want to avoid it really being dangerous to the union and of course you still have that point that if you the u.k. is too successful with its strategy outside of the european union it doesn t look good for the e.u. itself you know we re looking at these images there of all of these leaders shaking hands patting words johnson on the shoulder they know though that he has to go back to london and get parliament s approval for this if not they re going to ask for another delay what s how high do you think the willingness is in brussels to say yes to yet another extension. 1st of all they really try to give boris johnson a little something at least so he might have a chance to pass this in the u.k. what i didn t mention earlier for the d u p because we ve been talking about this very little party you know the whole scale i believe they have 9 seats in the house of commo
want to avoid it really being dangerous to the union and of course you still have that point that if you the u.k. is too successful with its strategy outside of the european union it doesn t look good for the e.u. itself and i m looking at these images there of all of these leaders shaking hands patting words johnson on the shoulder they know that he has to go back to london and get parliament s approval for this if not they re going to have to ask for another delay what s how high do you think the willingness is in brussels to say yes to yet another extension. 1st of all they really tried to give boris johnson a little something at least so he might have a chance to pass this in the u.k. what i didn t mention earlier for the d. you be because we ve been talking about this very little party you know the whole scale i believe they have 9 seats in the house of commons at the moment but the northern irish assembly will have the right to vote whether they want to remain in this constructio