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Had it chosen to remain in the European Union, the UK could have benefited not only from the € 750 billion recovery fund approved by the executive in Brussels, but could also have received more support from the rest of the member states to combat the pandemic. The statement, quoted this Monday by “The Guardian” was made by the European Commissioner for the Internal Market, Thierry Breton.
The comment comes at a time when Europe closes its doors to Great Britain due to the registration of a new strain of the Sars-Covi-2 virus that triggered a new wave of infections in the country, having a greater impact on the capital, a situation that the commissioner considers it “tragic”.
Faced with this new wave of infections, the Boris Johnson government has enacted more restrictions for the period of the holiday season that have already begun to affect the movement of people and goods within the country. At this time, some 4,000 cargo trucks were banned from entering France, as the Macron executive ordered the borders closed for 48 hours.
In addition to the reopening of the border with France, the Executive of Boris Johnson is also negotiating with the rest of the European Union to lift the flight restrictions. However, there is still no date in sight, although countries such as Italy, the Netherlands, Denmark, Germany and Australia have already registered cases of the new strain in their respective countries.
“What is happening in Britain is a tragedy, and this Brexit is a tragedy, we see it more and more with each passing day,” he says.
“It is a decision that we respect because the British people are sovereign. But consider that if Britain had stayed as we wish, [o país] today, like all other European countries, between 30 and 50 billion euros in aid, thanks to the Next generation UE European Commission ”, he continued.
Regarding Brexit, Brenton believes that an agreement will be reached before the end of the transition period, which ends on New Year’s Eve for the country to effectively leave the list of member states on the first day of the year, although the negotiations that took place during this weekend please indicate otherwise. On Saturday, the European Parliament had urged Brussels and London to reach an agreement on Sunday, but that was not the case.
“We will reach an agreement, but it will be a waste of time,” he added.
This Monday, the government of Boris Johnson ruled out extending the deadline to reach a post-Brexit trade agreement by 2021, amid a stalemate in negotiations and a growing crisis for Covid-19.
Negotiations between the UK and the EU continue, with just ten days to reach an agreement. The UK has followed European Union regulations since leaving the bloc on January 31, but will exit the domestic market and customs union when that “transition” period ends, at the end of the year.
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