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ANGELA Merkel could be willing to renegotiate Brexit with a new British PM, Jeremy Hunt has claimed.

The Foreign Secretary said the Europeans would be willing to look again at the deal with a new leader in place.

That's despite EU boss Michel Barnier insisting the Brexit deal can't be reopened under a new PM

Speaking to the BBC's Andrew Marr show today, the leadership hopeful said: "I had a conversation withAngela Merkel earlier this week at the D-Day celebration.

"I'm absolutely clear that, if we take the right approach to this, the Europeans would be willing to negotiate on the package.

"She said of course with a new British prime minister we would look at any solutions.

"'It's up to you', she said. 'Germany doesn't have that border with the Republic of Ireland, you need to come up with a solution.'"

Mr Hunt, who is in the running to be the next PM after Theresa May officially quit as Tory leader on Friday, said the backstop was "clearly not acceptable to Parliament" and he would push a technology-based solution to the Irish border.

"I think that's doable," he insisted.

"We need to find structures that reassure people this is deliverable."

But going in with an "ultra hard line approach" wouldn't work, he insisted, in a dig at his rival Boris Johnson.

Today Boris insisted he would hold back the £39billion divorce bill until we get better terms.

And he promised to get ready to leave the EU without a deal in October too, if we couldn't get what we wanted.

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/brexit...y-hunt-claims/

[arista]

Yes she is not like France.