Tag: Josep Borrell

• Thursday, June 28th 2018 - 13:11 UTC

  Berlin and Paris angry with UK over Brexit, a “pain in the ass” distracting from major issues

  

  Influential EU states such as Germany, France and Spain will block any attempt by the UK to remain within the single market for goods without freedom of movement, the Spanish Foreign Minister has said. Josep Borrell said that some smaller EU states might privately be willing to negotiate reform of the bloc’s free movement rules in order to keep easy access to UK products.