Well, as the dust settles on Downing Street
this morning, the truth comes out. A leaked
Brexit deal note from top Brussels official tells its ambassadors that the 'EU
retains its leverage'.
The note is said to state that the UK "would have to swallow a link between access to products and fisheries in future agreements".
According to the note, Ms Weyand, deputy to Michel Barnier, said: "We should be in the best negotiation position for the future relationship. This requires the customs union as the basis of the future relationship.”
She goes on: "They (the UK) must align their rules but the EU will retain all the controls. They apply the same rules. UK wants a lot more from future relationship, so EU retains its leverage."
Quite how this squares with what Mrs May said in Downing Street I don’t know. It's as if there are two different conversations in parallel universes going on here. And given the EU tend to say what they mean and get their own way when they say it, I know who’s narrative I would choose to believe.
The note is said to state that the UK "would have to swallow a link between access to products and fisheries in future agreements".
According to the note, Ms Weyand, deputy to Michel Barnier, said: "We should be in the best negotiation position for the future relationship. This requires the customs union as the basis of the future relationship.”
She goes on: "They (the UK) must align their rules but the EU will retain all the controls. They apply the same rules. UK wants a lot more from future relationship, so EU retains its leverage."
Quite how this squares with what Mrs May said in Downing Street I don’t know. It's as if there are two different conversations in parallel universes going on here. And given the EU tend to say what they mean and get their own way when they say it, I know who’s narrative I would choose to believe.
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