With No Progress, Brexit Talks May Go to October, Germany Warns
- German ambassador to bloc urges Britain to be ‘more realistic’
- Michael Clauss says an accord between both sides is possible
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Britain will have to give up some sovereignty if it wants to reach a free-trade pact with the European Union, according to Germany’s ambassador to the bloc, who warned the post-Brexit deliberations could drag on through October.
The two sides have made “no real progress” in talks on an agreement, according to Michael Clauss, who said that barrier-free access to the EU single market will require the U.K. to pay a political price.