Macron Vows Decision on Bid, Warns No Brexit Favors for May

  • Ex-minister to decide on presidential bid by January at latest
  • U.K. can’t be allowed to have best of both worlds after exit

Macron: Britain Can't Have the Best of Both Worlds

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Emmanuel Macron, who quit the French cabinet to campaign for change, said the U.K. cannot expect to negotiate special privileges on exiting the European Union as he pledged to say whether he’s running for president by January.

“The critical question will be decided by year end, probably by December or January,” Macron said in a Bloomberg Television interview in Paris Friday, setting a deadline on his decision-making for the first time.