China News Service, June 28, according to the British "Guardian", German Chancellor Angela Merkel said in an interview that if British Prime Minister Johnson gave up former Prime Minister Theresa May to maintain close economic ties with the European Union after Brexit Britain’s plan will have to “bear its consequences”.
Data map: German Chancellor Angela Merkel. China News Service reporter Peng Dawei
According to reports, four weeks after the Brexit referendum was held in the UK, Merkel's attitude towards the future relationship agreement between Britain and Europe has become tougher.
For more than three years, Merkel has repeatedly emphasized that she is open to maintaining the current trade flow agreement between the UK and the EU. Today, she implies that the door to this compromise has been closed.
Merkel said in an interview: "We need to give up the idea that we should define what the UK should want." "This must be defined by the UK, and our 27 EU countries will respond appropriately."
Merkel said that the British government and its prime minister Johnson wanted to define the relationship between the UK and the EU after Brexit. But "If the UK doesn't want to set rules that match the EU in terms of environment, labor market or social standards, our relationship will be less close."
According to previous reports, after the United Kingdom left the EU in January 2020, the two sides originally planned to sign a series of agreements on the future relationship between Britain and Europe before the end of the transition period at the end of the year. . Reuters quoted an internal document saying that the German government is urging other EU countries to prepare for the failure to reach an agreement during the Brexit transition period.