Brussels moves to INCREASE Britain’s exit bill to plug EU’s budget black hole
‘Brussels has catapulted the bill Britain will have to pay for leaving the European Union to the top of its Brexit agenda and will now seek to bolt on extra requirements as it scrambles to plug a massive budget black hole.
Senior EU officials today revealed that member states were “unanimous” on the fact that the UK must settle up on its financial commitments before trade talks can start and appeared to increase the potential scope of the final amount to be paid.
At a briefing to the Brussels press corps eurocrats said they had been “really surprised” by the determination of the other 27 member states to ensure that getting Britain to cough up was included as a top priority in the negotiations.’
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