Theresa Can even’s Brexit notion is ‘pure illusion,’ European Council president Donald Tusk says

British
Top Minister Theresa Can even greets President of the European
Council, Donald Tusk in Downing Avenue on September 26, 2017 in
London, England.
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• European Council president Donald Tusk has brushed off
  Theresa Can even’s plans for a post-Brexit trade deal as « pure
  illusion. »
• Britain serene doesn’t ticket that it can almost definitely now now not « dangle
  its cake and eat it, » Musk acknowledged.
• His remarks reach lower than 24 hours after a special UK
  Cupboard assembly supposed to form out the UK’s stance on trade
  once and for all.

Theresa Can even’s notion for a post-Brexit trade deal has been
straight away written off by the EU as « pure illusion » lower than 24
hours after she gay her ministers to support it at a special
lock-in session of Cupboard supposed to form out the
UK’s trade stance once and for all.

Speaking after a casual summit of EU27 leaders in Brussels,
European Council Donald Tusk acknowledged Britain serene did now now not
ticket that it couldn’t ‘dangle its cake and eat it’, warning
that the EU would push forward with its enjoy plans if the UK did now now not
catch one thing huge. 

Mr Tusk advised reporters it can almost definitely well “be severely better” if the UK had an
idea of what it main forward of next month’s assembly, but that
“we is now now not going to stand by and wait”. The public
slap-down comes after ministers backed a vague promise
of “formidable managed divergence” at a lock-in away day at
the PM’s country residence Chequers.

“Our device is to undertake these pointers whether or now now not the UK is
prepared with its imaginative and prescient of our future family or now now not,” Mr Tusk
advised reporters.

“Naturally, it will almost definitely be severely better if it were, but we is now now not going to
stand by and wait. I’m hoping to dangle some extra readability regarding the
UK’s plans this week when I meet Top Minister Can even in London.”

He added: “I am gay that the UK govt seems to be to be tantalizing
towards a extra detailed location, however if the media reports
are neatly matched I am disturbed that the UK location on the present time is in step with
pure illusion. 

“It seems to be to be esteem the [have your] ‘cake’ [and eat it]
philosophy is serene alive. From the very delivery it has been a key
idea of the EU27 that there could almost definitely well moreover be no cherry deciding on and no
single market à la carte. This will moreover fair continue to be a key
idea, I produce now now not dangle any doubt.” 

The Friday summit used to be convened with the principal device of hashing
out the first stage of the subsequent EU budget, and filling a
monetary gap left by Britain’s departure. 

The Price needs cuts to spending on agricultural subsidies
and concord funds – lend a hand for poorer member states – which make
70 per cent of the EU budget. Countries are moreover being asked to
make a contribution extra to make up the shortfall, whereas varied revenue
raising measures such as a plastic tax dangle moreover been proposed.

The bloc moreover must make bigger spending on immigration and
border regulate to address the migration disaster, a train
precedence of the Austrian govt, that will almost definitely well moreover fair chair the EU
council within the second half of this year.

Jeremy Hunt
MP.
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Dawson

Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt explained the placement the UK
Cupboard had reach to on Brexit trade on BBC Radio Four this morning.
He acknowledged the UK main “frictionless trade” whereas moreover leaving the
customs union.

He acknowledged there used to be a “central overall working out” that “there
will almost definitely be areas and sectors of industry the assign we conform to align our
laws with European laws, such because the auto
industry”.

But he added: “But this can moreover be on a voluntary foundation, we can as a
sovereign energy dangle the correct to buy to diverge, and what we
won’t be doing is accepting changes in principles for the reason that EU
unilaterally chooses to make those changes.”

The proposal seems to be to be particular individual that has already been dominated out
with the European Union’s negotiators. Michel Barnier, the manager
negotiator, has many cases acknowledged that trade boundaries would dangle be
erected were the UK to leave the customs union and single market,
and that Britain can’t “cherry seize” substances of the EU to live
in.

Paperwork released by the Price on the eve of the Chequers
assembly reiterated that the notion that Ms Can even used to be making an are trying to
convince her ministers of crossed EU pink strains and would now now not be
acceptable.

The Top Minister is at expose attempting to barter the
transition duration for Brexit, and must cease it before the
March summit of the European Council, the assign she can meet varied
EU leaders. After that summit every aspect hope to switch to
discussions about what framework trade will almost definitely be conducted in,
even supposing a stout trade agreement would handiest be negotiated after
Britain leaves in March 2019.