Michel Barnier: A Brexit transition deal must end in December 2020

Michel Barnier talking in
Brussels on Wednesday.
Sky
Data

• The EU’s chief negotiator acknowledged that Britain will depart
  the EU for impartial appropriate after December 31 2020.
• That would maybe well well mean the transition, resulting from originate on 1 April
  2019, will final now now not than 21 months.
• Theresa Could well impartial had asked for a transition deal lasting
  « round » two years.
• Britain must continue to follow all EU ideas and
  authorized guidelines throughout the transition, Barnier acknowledged.

LONDON — Michel Barnier has acknowledged that the European Union is now not going to
let a Brexit transition deal bustle beyond December 31, 2020.

The EU’s chief Brexit negotiator acknowledged in a press conference on
Wednesday morning that Brussels would not desire any transition deal
to stretch beyond 2020, in repeat to fit the EU’s monetary
calendar.

In follow, this implies that Britain would be fully out of the EU
on the primary day of January 2021.

Prime Minister Theresa Could well impartial has acknowledged she wants a transition deal
to final « round » two years from the formal exit date at the tip
of March 2019 to make sure a comfy exit from the EU.

Barnier announced the choice from a European Commission
building in Brussels, and spoke French.

In step with a stay translation by Sky Data, he acknowledged the
transition duration « would maybe well well still be of a transient and particular duration. »

He acknowledged: « At Florence, Theresa Could well impartial referred to a maximum of two
years. Our negate, the European Commission’s negate, is that
this would possibly per chance bustle logically to December 31, 2020, attributable to that is the
duration of the present multi-annual monetary framework. »

Barnier reiterated that Britain will be expected to continue
adhering to all EU authorized guidelines, ideas, and regulations — together with the
freedom of circulation, the foundations of the single market, and the
jurisdiction of the European Court docket of Justice.

« Genuine during the transition duration, the UK will handle all advantages nonetheless
also the entire duties of the single market, customs union, and
overall policies, » Barnier acknowledged.

He residence out five commitments to which Britain is expected to
agree. The paraphrased commitments are:

• Britain must appreciate the
  integrity of the single market. Transition will quilt all
  economic sectors of the single market and consist of the four
  freedoms.
• Britain will continue to comply
  fully with the customs union.
• All unique ideas adopted by EU
  throughout transition will follow to the UK and topic to the
  jurisdiction of the ECJ.
• All EU policies will continue to
  follow to the UK.
• EU’s autonomy of decision-making
  will still follow.

These conditions mean that Britain will effectively stay a
member of the European Union in every thing nonetheless title for nearly
two years after March 2019.

Every EU and UK negotiators agree that this form of transition,
in overall known as « negate quo » or « standstill » transition, is
most fine for companies across the continent as they would well well now not be forced
to adapt to any primary changes.

Genuine through this duration, nevertheless, the UK will lose its illustration
in the European Parliament and can don’t dangle any disclose in shaping EU
authorized guidelines and regulations.

Professor Anand Menon, director of the judge tank UK In A
Altering EU, suggested the British parliament’s Brexit committee
earlier Wednesday that the kind of transition will depart Britain with
« the entire obligations nonetheless none of the rights » of EU membership.

Barnier dashes Could well impartial’s hopes of a particular free alternate deal

Barnier added that Prime Minister Could well impartial’s protection of taking Britain
out of each and each the single market and customs unions capability a future
EU-UK alternate deal cannot be as stop as these the bloc has with
diversified European countries.

He acknowledged that he expects the free alternate deal negotiated with
Britain to be « along the same traces » of the affords reached with
South Korea, Japan and Canada.

A
graphic published by the European Commission displaying the doubtless
shape of a UK-EU relationship after Brexit, given the British
authorities’s demands.
European
Commission

The EU’s handle Canada, identified as CETA, took seven years to
finalise nonetheless crucially would not quilt services. The services
sector accounts for round 80% of Britain’s economic system. 

« There are obviously differences between these diversified models,
attributable to each and each of these alternate models is clearly tailor-made and
particular to these countries once we signal these agreements, »
Barnier acknowledged.

« But it absolutely’s the same approach and good judgment underpinning these
agreements. That’ll be the space with the UK in
gentle of what they acknowledged their negate is themselves. »

Barnier has warned Britain that there would possibly be « no approach » the EU will
allow « cherry picking » in negotiations on a future alternate deal.

« We won’t mix up the many scenarios to construct up a particular one
and accommodate their wants, mixing, as an illustration, the
advantages of the Norwegian mannequin, member of the single market,
with the straight forward requirements of the Canadian one, » Barnier suggested Prospect
magazine.

« No approach. They want to face the penalties of their maintain
decision.”