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PARIS (Reuters) - France's foreign minister said on Sunday that, as things stand, the European Union would not grant Britain an extension beyond Oct. 31 to negotiate its exit from the bloc.
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"It's very worrying. The British must tell us what they want," Jean-Yves Le Drian told Europe 1 radio.
Asked if an extension beyond Oct. 31 was possible, Le Drian said not under current conditions. "We are not going to do (extend) this every three months," he said.
(Reporting by John Irish; editing by John Stonestreet)