Delaying Britain's exit from the European Union could present an opportunit...
BERLIN - Delaying Britain’s exit from the European Union could present an opportunity to rework the bloc’s approach to negotiating with London, an ally of German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Friday.
While German conservatives would prefer Britain to stay in the EU or else adopt Prime Minister Theresa May’s Brexit divorce deal, senior conservative lawmaker Detlef Seif said that failing those scenarios he would back a delay until end-2020. However, the difficulties of negotiating the divorce deal without opening up negotiations on future trading terms have led to problems over EU insistence on a “backstop” insurance policy for the border that has caused British lawmakers to refuse to ratify the deal.
The development of new technology during this period could allow for ‘light touch’ checks at the Irish border. Any suggestion from EU powerhouse Germany that Brussels should abandon its “sequencing” and switch to a form of talks more agreeable to London is likely to be seized on by May’s opponents in Britain as an indication a better deal is possible if they hold out.
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