Brussels warns it may DESTROY any UK Brexit deal
BRUSSELS has made it clear that the terms of Britain’s divorce from the EU are likely to be vetoed.
Mr Verhofstadt has slammed the UK for thinking it can arrange a Brexit deal to best suit it
The assembly’s chief negotiator has said in an ominous warning that the European Parliament has more power over a British exit deal than any EU member state.
Guy Verhofstadt said: “If the treaty says that we have to approve an exit deal, the parliament has more power here than the individual member states.
“Right or wrong, this parliament has already refused things and rejected draft international pacts.”
Boris Johnson has been appointed Foreign Secretary
In every member state here in the parliament, in the commission, that we cannot undo the four freedoms
The newly appointed Brexit Minister David Davis has referred to Mr Verhofstadt as “Satan”.
Mr Verhofstadt has also called Brexiters “rats fleeing a sinking ship”, said the Leave campaign was “full of lies” and said it would be “mad” to give Britain the single market advantages if it were to clamp down on EU immigration.
However, he has also hidden his disdain for the country.
Mr Verhofstadt said the Leave campaign was "full of lies"
He said: “I like Britain. I race British cars. How more a lover of Britain can you be than racing a British car?”
He made it clear that it would not be plain sailing for Britain to get an easy deal with the EU.
In terms of free movement, he said: “Politically everybody has already said 100 times, 1,000 times, in every member state here in the parliament, in the commission, that we cannot undo the four freedoms.”
Brexit negotiator Guy Verhofstadt discusses free movement
Mr Verhofstadt said it is important for the EU to continue to build federal institutions.
He said: “You have to put everything within a clear, transparent, comprehensive framework and I think in that sense Brexit is also an opportunity because maybe that could be the starting point or so to simplify our different relationships we have outside the union, as it is necessary inside the union.”
This comes as last week, Boris Johnson described the idea that Britain will not be allowed any access to the single market if it refuses to accept the free movement of people as “complete baloney”.
Germany’s Finance Minister, Wolfgang Schauble, retaliated by saying that Mr Johnson should read a copy of the Lisbon Treaty to become familiar with the basic principles of the EU’s constitution.