国际英语资讯:Spotlight: EU leaders give green light to 2nd phase of Brexit talks amid fears of tougher fu_时事

国际英语资讯:Spotlight: EU leaders give green light to 2nd phase of Brexit talks amid fears of tougher fu

It also requires Britain to be treated as a third country and will no longer participate in or nominate or elect members of the EU institutions, nor participate in the decision-making of the Union bodies, offices and agencies, but at the same time abides all existing Union regulatory, budgetary, supervisory, judiciary and enforcement instruments and structures, including the competence of the Court of Justice of the EU.

If adopted by the EU, May would for sure face more anger and challenges at home.

What is worse, the Guidelines said Britain will continue to participate in the Customs Union and the Single Market with all four freedoms, i.e. free movement of goods, services and capital and labor during the transition, which means more immigrants.

But to EU leaders, this seemed not a question for bargain. Responding to the question of "can Britain remain part of the single market after leaving", German Chancellor Angela Merkel gave a short and affirmative "No" during a press conference after the Winter Summit.

"You can't stay in the internal market with only three freedoms (without the free movement of labor)," she said.

FUTURE RELATIONS: CETA-TYPE OR EEA-TYPE?

"While an agreement on a future relationship can only be finalized and concluded once the United Kingdom has become a third country, the Union will be ready to engage in preliminary and preparatory discussions with the aim of identifying an overall understanding of the framework for the future relationship, once additional guidelines have been adopted to this effect," said the document.