EU Brexit Chief Urges ‘Realistic’ U.K. Plans
- Brexit negotiator warns May not to blame EU for consquences
- Speech represents latest move to put pressure on government
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The European Union’s chief Brexit negotiator, Michel Barnier, told the U.K. there’s an urgent need for a more realistic position on its withdrawal as he insisted the bloc’s courts must have a say in governing the final deal.
In a speech in Estoril, Portugal, on Saturday, Barnier warned that time was slipping away if Britain wanted to agree on the basis of its future relationship with the EU before it leaves next March. The Frenchman’s latest intervention is a further sign the EU is ratcheting up the pressure on Prime Minister Theresa May five weeks before a crunch Brexit summit.