The EU says the Britain is “chasing a fantasy” in Brexit talks and that it will not negotiate under threat, according to an unnamed senior EU official. A possible demand by UK to recover its contributions to the Galileo space project fuelled an angry week in which EU negotiators expressed frustration that almost two years after the referendum, the Britain government has not come to terms with Brexit. Withdrawal issues including the role of the European court of justice have yet to be settled, and observers say disagreements over the Irish border could derail the negotiations entirely.
The EU says the UK is “chasing a fantasy” in Brexit talks and that it will not negotiate under threat, according to an unnamed senior EU official. A possible demand by Britain to recover its contributions to the Galileo space project fuelled an angry week in which EU negotiators expressed frustration that almost two years after the referendum, the UK government has not come to terms with Brexit. Withdrawal issues including the role of the European court of justice have yet to be settled, and observers say disagreements over the Irish border could derail the negotiations entirely.