May’s Brexit Red Lines Prompt Warning From European Commission

  • Commission’s Dombrovskis speaks to Bloomberg TV in Cernobbio
  • U.K. cannot pick and choose deal conditions, Dombrovskis says

Dombrovskis: No 'Cherry Picking' in Brexit Package

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The European Commission fired a warning shot across Theresa May’s bow after her government decided to seek a tailor-made Brexit deal on its own terms, saying that the U.K. could not pick and choose the conditions it preferred.

The British premier earlier this week set out the first of her red lines for Brexit negotiations, saying she wanted to curtail the free movement of people coming to the U.K. from the European Union and suggesting she’s willing to leave the bloc’s single market to do so.