‘We’ve paid enough’ Farage lays waste to proposed £50 billion EU divorce settlement
‘Nigel Farage has urged Theresa May to reject the European Union’s “laughable” demands for a £50billion divorce settlement.
There former Ukip leader insisted Britain had already contributed enough to the Brussels’ budget coffers since voting to leave the Union.
The Prime Minister has vowed to fight the EU over its demands to pay a reported £52billion divorce bill when it leaves the European project.
Discussing the settlement figure, Mr Farage told Sky News Britain had already contributed a net figure of around £30billion since joining the bloc, therefore should be forced to pay very little when it leaves.
“Let’s assume we do trigger Article 50 before the end of this month and then there’s a two-year period, we would have paid in, net, from the day we voted Brexit to the day we leave nearly £30billion – I think that’s quite enough.”’
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