Everything was ready to close the border between France and the United Kingdom by Friday evening. In the morning, Emmanuel Macron called the British Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, to warn him: if he persisted in taking no measures to stop the progression of the coronavirus pandemic on his territory, France would have no other choice to refuse entry to its territory to all travelers from the United Kingdom, that is to say to consider it as a third country. And all the other European states would have done the same, which would have been very bad news for the British economy and the politics of “Benign neglect” (“Sweet negligence”) of the government. “We clearly had to threaten him so that he would finally move”, do we recognize at the Elysée. The ultimatum fixed, “BoJo” had to resolve to “request”, not without reluctance, in pubs, cafes, bars, restaurants, and other places for social gathering, such as theaters, cinemas, and gyms to close at
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