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No momento em que os 27 tentam chegar a um consenso sobre a
extensão e o futuro do Brexit Jacob Rees-Mogg, o mais destacado dos Hard-liners
defensores da saída sem Acordo ( junto a Boris e Farage ) apela explícitamente
no Twitter a um boicote sabotador da UE.
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If a long extension leaves us stuck in the EU we should be
as difficult as possible. We could veto any increase in the budget, obstruct
the putative EU army and block Mr Macron’s integrationist schemes.
EU slaps down Jacob Rees-Mogg for suggesting UK should
deliberately cause chaos if Brexit is delayed
'This gentleman is not our interlocutor,' spokesperson says
Jon Stone Brussels
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14 hours ago
Brussels has slapped down Jacob Rees-Mogg after the leading
Brexiteer suggested the UK should wilfully cause chaos at the EU institutions
if Brexit was delayed.
A spokesperson for the European Commission suggested that
the Tory MP was essentially irrelevant and not involved in negotiations.
“This gentleman is not our interlocutor and I would say then
that the principle of sincere cooperation does apply, as prime minister May
herself makes clear in her letter,” the spokesperson told reporters in
Brussels.
“I would also say that this is a hypothetical question
because it supposes, or presupposed an extension, which is yet to be seen by
our leaders.”
Guy Verhofstadt, the European parliament’s Brexit
coordinator, also piled in. Seizing on Mr Mogg’s comments, he said: “For those
in the EU who may be tempted to further extend the Brexit saga, I can only say,
be careful what you wish for.”
What will EU leaders ask Theresa May for at next week’s
Brexit summit?
Mr Rees-Mogg, a leading figure in the eurosceptic ERG group
of Tory MPs, had said on Friday morning that “if a long extension leaves us
stuck in the EU we should be as difficult as possible”.
He suggested: “We could veto any increase in the budget,
obstruct the putative EU army and block Mr Macron’s integrationist schemes”.
Theresa May requested a further delay to the Brexit date,
which will be considered by the 27 remaining presidents and prime ministers at
a special meeting in the Belgian capital on Wednesday. It is understood that EU
officials are considering offering Britain a one-year extension until the end
of March 2020, with the ability to cut it short if the UK ratifies the
withdrawal agreement by then.
The prime minister has requested only a short extension
until the end of June, but is thought ot be unlikely to get it. A longer
extension as favoured by the European Council would see the UK participate in
European parliament elections if it was still in the EU by the 22 May.
After last month's summit a senior EU official said the bloc
was well aware of the risk posed by Brexiteers who might be minded to
deliberately cause chaos in Brussels if the UK remained.
“On the one hand, the UK has been behaving in accordance
with the obligation of sincere cooperation until now. And at the same time… we
do also read the British press, and we have seen some comments that maybe we
should take this opportunity to break the union from the inside," the
senior official said.
“I don’t think that will be possible, and I think any
British government will understand that that’s not a promising way forward. We
luckily have qualified majority voting on most issues these days and if we
don’t, I’m sure we’d find ways of dealing with it if these things were to
happen.”
Various senior EU figures, including Emmanuel Macron, have
said any further extension of Article 50 would require a justification, which
could be time to hold a general election, second referendum, or a political
process in the UK to reach a majority.
The prime minister's team is currently locked in talks with
Labour in an attempt to bring about a cross party consensus in Westminster.
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