POLITICO: Le Maire: Accepting Chequers Brexit plan ‘would be suicidal’

26 September 2018

France’s finance minister has said allowing the U.K. to leave the European Union but hold on to the bloc’s advantages “would be suicidal,” and claimed Europe is more concerned with its own future than Britain’s.

Theresa May’s Brexit strategy “doesn’t add up” and would spell the “end of Europe,” Bruno Le Maire said, according to an FT report published today.

“If we give the idea that we can exit the European Union and keep all of the benefits of the single market, then it is the end of Europe,” the minister said.

“Sorry to put it bluntly but what is more important for us than the future of the U.K. is the future of Europe,” he said. “Any decision that gives European citizens the impression that you can leave the European Union and keep all the advantages would be suicidal.” [...+

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