‘Malta will suffer’ warns Tory MP against punishing Britain for Brexit
MALTA’s prime minister has been warned his country will suffer if he pushes for Britain to be punished for Brexit.
Muscat: UK Brexit deal must be inferior to EU membership
The warning from Tory MP Bernard Jenkin came after Joseph Muscat claimed Britain will be forced to accept rulings from the European Court of Justice for years after quitting the EU.
Mr Muscat, who is set to take on the rolling presidency of the EU, was told that he is putting thousands of jobs on his Mediterranean island at risk with his aggressive stance against Britain.
Bernanrd Jenkin warned the Maltese PM, Joseph Muscat, not to punish Britain for Brexit
Mr Muscat said Britain will still follow EU court rulings for years after Brexit
Mr Jenkin said abiding by European Court of Justice rulings was “completely unacceptable” and suggested Malta was worried about losing out on trade with the UK.
“[The] Maltese prime minister... is anxious to scoop for his tiny little island a sum of the spoils that he believes will fall out of Brexit,” the Tory MP said.
Mr Jenkin said Malta was anxious to scoop the spoils of Brexit
[The] Maltese prime minister... is anxious to scoop for his tiny little island
He warned a bad deal for the UK would hit the island nation hard.
“Malta has a very substantial number of employees who are dependent on trade with the UK,” he said.