UK banker CAN'T get better deal than Romanian doctor or Polish plumber, Verhoftstadt ROARS
BREXIT coordinator Guy Verhofstadt demanded the British Government to create a "simple system" to allow EU citizens to apply for residence after Brexit.
Guy Verhofstadt: Nobody trusts the Home Office
Mr Verhofsdtad said the European Parliament would not allow Brexit talks to proceed to trade negotiations unless the UK creates a simple residence scheme for EU nationals.
He blasted: "We will never allow that a European banker living in the City will have enough money to pay a very important price and a Polish plumber or a Romanian doctor cannot make it.
"I think this parliament can never give the green light on the agreement if we have not within the withdrawal agreement a simple procedure, a declaration, one form per family, cost-free and were the burden of proof is on the Home Office and not on the back of our citizens."
Guy Verhofstadt said all EU citizens needed to get an equal Brexit deal
Speaking ahead of a crucial vote on Brexit from the EU Council, Mr Verhofstadt said the British current system to grant residence to EU nationals did not work.
Mr Verhofstadt said: "Nobody trusts the Home Office.
"Citizens’ rights are worth nothing if they are drowned in a sea of red tape, if they are bucked down in rules and regulations and to make it more understandable.
The European Parliament's Brexit negotiator previously accused Brexit Secretary David Davis of attempting to score an "own goal" after he said Britain’s agreement “was more a statement of intent than a legally enforceable thing”.
British MEPs heckle Manfred Weber during Brexit debate
I think this parliament can never give the green light on the agreement if we have not within the withdrawal agreement a simple procedure
EU bosses were left furious after Brexit Secretary David Davis over the weekend claimed the so-called breakthrough Brexit deal was not legally binding.
Mr Davis insisted that Britain could easily refuse to hand over the agreed £39bn divorce bill if a trade deal with Brussels was not secured by the date of departure.
Keen to dig their heels in, the EU Parliament put forward an amendment on their Brexit approval after a seething Guy Verhofstadt, the European Parliament’s self-appointed Brexit negotiator, branded the Brexit Secretary’s comments “unacceptable”.
The UK has since bowed to pressure from the angered Brussels bosses, agreeing that Phase 1 of the Brexit deal will be put into law.