PARIS, Aug 21 (Reuters) - French President Emmanuel Macronon Wednesday said a no-deal Brexit would be of Britain's ownmaking and not the European Union's, adding that any trade dealLondon cut with Washington would not mitigate the cost ofcrashing out of the bloc.
The French leader said the demands made by British PrimeMinister Boris Johnson for a renegotiation of the divorce deal,including the removal of the Irish backstop, were not workableas they currently stood.
"Can (the cost of a hard Brexit) be offset by the UnitedStates of America? No. And even if it were a strategic choice itwould be at the cost of an historic vassalisation of Britain."
"I don't think this is what Boris Johnson wants. I don'tthink it is what the British people want."
(Reporting by Michel Rose; Writing by Richard Lough; Editing byMathieu Rosemain)