France's Europe Minister Amelie de Montchalin: 'Today we lose a partner. I also feel the UK will lose a lot of support...with trade discussions with the US and some others where the UK will be alone now. We're losing the fact we're able here to work as partners in the same room.'
de Montchalin: 'The more access to our internal market the UK wants, the more we have to converge on norms, on rules. What is key now is to build a future relationship of trust, of loyalty, of balance, where rules are known, where controls exist and where trust can be regained.'
Switching to French, de Montchalin says the idea a complete trade deal covering all sectors can be done by the end of the year 'is not realistic'. She says: 'If Boris Johnson wants a deal in 11 months with zero quotas and zero tariffs, he must give us guarantees of zero dumping'.
