LONDON — Theresa May can look forward to an excellent dinner at Emmanuel Macron’s holiday pad, but she shouldn’t expect a Brexit concession for dessert. Fort de Brégançon, the official retreat of the French president where the two leaders will meet and dine Friday, is a lovely spot, girdled on all sides by the blue waters of the Mediterranean and connected to the mainland by a narrow causeway. It is certainly worth a visit for the views, the peace and the sea air. But a likely spot for a breakthrough summit on Brexit? Not so much. Since the Brexit talks began last year, May and her ministers have sought to appeal directly to EU27 member countries — chief among them France and Germany. By going over the head of the European Commission they hoped that national leaders will add flexibility to Michel Barnier’s often rigid, legalistic approach to Brexit. The recent diplomatic tour of Berlin, Paris and Vienna by new Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt, as well as similar visits by other ministers and May herself, fit that pattern. But there is little sign that the U.K.’s latest round of grand tour diplomacy is shifting EU red lines. Barnier torpedoed May’s proposal… Read full this story
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