European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker talks at the Munich Security Conference in Munich, Germany, February 17, 2018. REUTERS/Michaela Rehle MUNICH (Reuters) - Britain and the European Union should resolve trade and other issues related to Britain’s exit from the bloc separately from discussions about a security pact with the U.K., European Commission chief Jean-Claude Juncker said on Saturday. “We need a security alliance between the UK and the EU, but we can’t mix that question up with other questions relating to Brexit,” Juncker told the annual Munich Security Conference. “I wouldn’t like to put security policy considerations with trade policy considerations in one hat. I understand why some would like to do that, but we don’t want to,” he said. (This story has been refiled to fix the headline.) Reporting by Andrea Shalal and Thomas Escritt
European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker said a post-Brexit security pact should be discussed separately from other issues, such as trade. Addressing the Munich Security Conference, Juncker said a security alliance between the UK and the EU was needed, but that question should not be mixed up with others relating to Brexit. The British government has been under pressure since last week when it emerged that Prime Minister Theresa May had agreed in principle to allow Britain access to intelligence shared by its closest allies on terror suspects.