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"en.20161026.4.3-090-000"2
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"Madam President, last week’s Council meeting was attended by the UK Prime Minister, Theresa May, for the first time. If she was hoping for an easy ride then she was sadly mistaken. With a warning from François Hollande that a hard Brexit would mean hard negotiations, not the pick-and-mix many had hoped for or had alluded to during the referendum campaign.
The reality is that Britain’s future prosperity depends on having sensible negotiations with other EU countries, not the chaos some would advocate. Membership of the single market, on which many jobs depend, is surely crucial for our economy. The resulting uncertainty has already seen the pound plummet, meaning higher food bills, inevitably affecting the most vulnerable in our society.
I have been dismayed so far at the tone taken by the British Government in regard to upcoming negotiations. We will not succeed in getting the best result for all by threatening, hectoring and lecturing. The Prime Minister needs a plan and it is clear the UK Government does not have one. So stop the talk of hard or soft Brexit because the next steps we take are huge. Let us at least try and take them together."@en1
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