Angela Merkel pleaded Saturday with Boris Johnson for "
a pragmatic solution
" in the implementation of specific post-Brexit provisions in Northern Ireland, at the origin of strong tensions in the British province.
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During a press conference broadcast online, the German leader said "
she advocated finding a pragmatic solution to the provisions of the
post-Brexit
treaty
" on Northern Ireland, during a bilateral meeting with the British Prime Minister on the sidelines of the G7 summit.