Build a bridge between Britain and France, says Boris Johnson

The Foreign Secretary said it was “ridiculous” that two of the world’s biggest economies are “linked by a single railway” Credit Telegraph

The Foreign Secretary said it was “ridiculous” that two of the world’s biggest economies are “linked by a single railway” Credit Telegraph

"It's insane that two of the biggest economies in the world are connected by one railway line when they are only 20 miles apart".

Macron has offered to loan Britain the Bayeux tapestry as a gesture of friendship, and suggested the United Kingdom and France were "making a new tapestry together" with their range of bilateral agreements across culture, security, art and trade.

French President Emmanuel Macron was on board with Johnson's idea, the Telegraph reported Thursday, saying: "I agree".

Boris later tweeted a picture of himself and Macron giving the thumbs up, along with the words: "En marche!"

At a U.K. -France summit, Johnson said the idea of a bridge was worth considering.

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He added: "Our economic success depends on good infrastructure and good connections".

The Foreign Secretary said "good connections" were important between the two countries, and suggested the Channel Tunnel might simply be "a first step".

Johnson has mooted the idea of a road tunnel between the two nations that would sit alongside the current Eurostar conections.

"Technology is moving on all the time and there are much longer bridges elsewhere", Johnson told his aides, according to the newspaper.

The world's longest bridge is the Danyang-Kunchan Grand Bridge in China, which stretches for 102.4 miles along the Beijing-Shanghai High-Speed Railway. But shipping firms warn it could disrupt one of the world's busiest shipping lanes.

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