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#Brexit - ‘Please, dear friends in London, stop the game's time is running out’
Going into today’s (22 September) General Affairs Council (GAC) German Europe Minister Micheal Roth said that one of the most pressing issues to be discussed would be the future relationship between the European Union and the United Kingdom. He said that the UK’s Internal Market Bill violates the Withdrawal Agreement and is totally unacceptable.
Germany is currently holding the Presidency and is anxious that a deal is reached before the year’s end of the year, which will mark the end of the transition period: “We are really, really disappointed about the results of the negotiations so far. This so-called Internal Market Bill is extremely worrying for us because it violates the guiding principles of the Withdrawal Agreement and that's totally unacceptable for us.”
Roth said that the GAC would underline their strong support for the Chief Negotiator Michel Barnier and would reaffirm their strong commitment for a fair deal based on trust and confidence between the European Union and the United Kingdom. Roth added: “But please, dear friends in London, stop the game's time is running out. What we really need is a fair basis for further negotiations. And we are ready for that.”
Yesterday, during the debate on the Internal Market Bill in the House of Commons, former Prime Minister Theresa May asked, “If the potential consequences of the Withdrawal Agreement were so bad, why did the government sign it?” She said she didn’t understand how any minister could support these proposals, she said “The government is acting recklessly and irresponsibly with no thought to the long term standing of the UK in the world.”
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