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Complicating matters when it comes to the EU and U.K. ‘positions’ in the final stretch of negotiations .. There are different voices around the PM - some more keen to do a deal with EU, others who say: /1
“Since U.K. leaving the EU single market and customs union anyway, what’s the point of a deal that requires us to tie our hands to agreed rules with the EU? Better to cut lose completely and have full sovereignty”.. /2
EU also not a clear cut case now we’re at the hard compromise-making stage. Some member states open to being more flexible, others, eg France, don’t so much. What I mean by flexible is not the fabled German carmakers. .. /3
ALL EU members are united in negotiations in prioritising welfare of single market over a deal with UK because EU countries earn a varying but considerable chunk of GDP out of that market. That said, some in EU like Sweden, NL more open to some compromise than France for example

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