One senior EU official said the British cabinet was still in “cuckoo land” if it believed the EU would offer anything more. The UK 's insistence on freedom from EU regulations and the ECJ make it ineligible as a candidate , according to an EU document leaked to media . The UK would have to be satisfied with a standard Free Trade Agreement , similar to the Canada - US Agreement of 1988 . The document said : " If they want access to single market they will have to comply with EU regulations . ”
The UK 's insistence on freedom from EU regulations and the ECJ make it ineligible as a candidate , according to an EU document leaked to media . The UK would have to be satisfied with a standard Free Trade Agreement , similar to the Canada - US Agreement of 1988 . The document said : " If they want access to single market they will have to comply with EU regulations . ”