"Many Photos" - Boris Johnson faces first international tests as leader as he is warned 'the EU is not for turning'

A former top French minister channeled Margaret Thatcher today as she warning Boris Johnson 'the EU is not for turning' over Brexit. 

Nathalie Loiseau, Paris's former Europe minister, highlighted the battle Mr Johnson faces to get Brexit sorted with Brussels.

The EU has so-far refused to reopen the Withdrawal Agreement won by Theresa May to remove the heated Northern Irish Border backstop. 

 'As much as we all want the relations between the UK and the EU to be as close and constructive as possible, Boris Johnson's election doesn't change a simple fact: we have a good deal and the EU will stand by it,' wrote Ms Loiseau on Twitter.

'The EU is not for turning.' 

In what will be read as a pointed barb, the message from Ms Loiseau, who became an MEP in May, had echoes of Margaret Thatcher's well-known 1980 Conservative Party speech.

In it the former prime minister addressed criticism of her economic reforms, saying: 'To those waiting with bated breath for that favourite media catchphrase, the 'U-turn', I have only one thing to say: 'You turn if you want to. The lady's not for turning.' 

Nathalie Loiseau, Paris's former Europe minister, highlighted the battle Mr Johnson faces to get Brexit sorted with Brussels

Mrs Thatcher made her famous speech at the 1980 Conservative Party Conference (pictured) a year after taking power

EU chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier struck a slightly more conciliatory tone but still stayed away from suggesting major changes to the current deal.

He tweeted: 'We look forward to working constructively with PM Johnson when he takes office, to facilitate the ratification of the withdrawal agreement and achieve an orderly Brexit.

'We are ready also to rework the agreed declaration on a new partnership.'

French President Emmanuel Macron will speak to Britain's incoming Prime Minister Boris Johnson in the coming days, said an official from Macron's Elysee presidential office, who declined to provide further details. 

In his victory speech today Mr Johnson pledged to get Brexit done

In his victory speech today Mr Johnson pledged to get Brexit done, saying: 'I know that some wag has already pointed out that deliver, unite and defeat was not the perfect acronym for an election campaign, since unfortunately it spells dud - but they forgot the final ''e'' my friends, ''e'' for energise.

'And I say to all the doubters, dude, we are going to energise the country.

'We are going to get Brexit done on October 31.

'We are going to take advantage of all the opportunities that it will bring in a new spirit of can-do.

'And we are once again going to believe in ourselves and what we can achieve.'

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