France opposes repeated extensions for Britain's exit from the European Union, a presidential official said Friday, keeping to the hard line of Paris on Brexit.

European Union Commissioner for Internal Market and Services Michel Barnier addresses a news conference at the EU Commission headquarters in Brussels April 9, 2014. (File photos: VCG)

France does not want to enter into a cycle of "repeated extensions" following this month's European parliament elections which Britain will take part in after being extended to the end of October, said the official, adding that London should "have a solution before October 31".

Cover image: French President Emmanuel Macron welcomes British Prime Minister Theresa May as she arrives for a meeting to discuss Brexit, at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, April 9, 2019.