He suggested that the UK should continue to accept free movement from the EU, while
maintaining access to the single market on the same basis as other member states.
Not exact matches
He dismissed suggestions that Britain could
maintain full
access to just some parts of the
single market, such as in the financial sector.
In other words, if British businesses were hoping
to maintain access to the EU's
single market in spite of the U.K.'s move
to break ties, they're in for a rude awakening.
The news of this relatively advanced start date for negotiations increased speculation the UK government was leaning toward a settlement that prioritized a clean break with the EU, rather than one that
maintained the country's
access to the EU's
single market.
«Emily made clear, as we have done for more than a year now, that the Government needs
to deliver a deal which meets our six tests, in particular by explaining how we will
maintain current arrangements on the Northern Ireland border, and ensure all UK firms
maintain the current benefits of
access to the
single market and customs union, the source said.
That vision must also reassure those who voted
to remain that the friction - free
access into the
single market that we have enjoyed for so long can in large part be
maintained.
Those in favour of a break with the EU often paint a rosy picture in which the UK is able
to get what it wants and
maintain unfettered
access to the
single market while sceptics tend
to assume that the EU can not offer
to renege on some core principle like the freedom of movement for persons but at this stage it's mostly guesswork (and possibly quite a bit of bluff / wishful thinking on both sides).
On the one hand they want
to leave the customs union and the
single market while at the same time they say they want
to maintain tariff free
access to the
single market.
Johnson said Britain wanted
to maintain access to the European
single market, but added: «We'll probably have
to leave the customs union, but it is a question that will be discussed.
It will be hard in particular
to reconcile promises
to curtail the free movement of people — one of the basic tenets of the European Union, which universities want
to maintain but Leave campaigners promised
to curtail — with
access to the European Union's
single market and other benefits.