The Week UK - 28 July 2018

The Week UK - 28 July 2018
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ALL PLAYED OUT: ARE WE HEADING FOR NO DEAL?
Fears of a no-deal Brexit grew as Theresa May's Chequers blueprint for the
UK's future relationship with the EU was politely shredded in Brussels and roundly attacked at home. Responding to May's Brexit White Paper - which proposes keeping the UK close to Europe on goods trade, but allowing for divergence on services - Brussels's chief negotiator, Michel Barnier, suggested that key elements were neither legal nor feasible, and breached "fundamental" EU principles. Besides, he added, "we have all seen that this debate in the UK is not over". Meanwhile, in his resignation speech to MPs last week, Boris Johnson said the plan would mean "volunteering for economic vassalage".