that, then the french president emmanuel macron and some other eu countries are saying well, what is the point then delaying brexit for all that much longer? now, this is not to say that if the prime minister were to come here to brussels on the 10th of april for that emergency backs summers and to ask eu leaders for a longer brexit extension, that they would say no. but right now, there is definitely a lively debate here between the virtues of the longer extension versus having a brexit no deal now. france, for one, thinks yes, it would be painful but it would stop all this uncertainty that is so costly for european businesses and ways so heavily on the workings of the eu. now, all this talk of a no deal is making the eu look very carefully at its own no deal planning and eu leaders are beginning to pile on the pressure on ireland. they want ireland to finesse its no deal planning for a border with northern ireland, which is something it has avoided doing up until now for political...