The European Union (EU) is pressing the UK to pay into the EU budget for the first time since leaving the bloc in a demand that has engulfed the post-Brexit “reset” in a fresh round of diplomatic recrimination.
The European Union (EU) is pressing the UK to pay into the EU budget for the first time since leaving the bloc in a demand that has engulfed the post-Brexit “reset” in a fresh round of diplomatic recrimination.
EU member states will on Friday discuss how they want London to contribute to the union’s regional levelling up funds as the price for dropping checks on animal and plant products and allowing cheaper energy trading, arguing that the UK should pay as Norway, Switzerland and other partners do.
“Third countries that want access to the EU internal market pay,” said an EU diplomat.
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