French EU commissioner: Brexit an ‘economic
catastrophe’ for Britain
‘Look at what’s going on with store shelves’ and ‘the
restocking of fuel,’ says Thierry Breton.
BY JULES
DARMANIN
October 26,
2021 11:34 am
The U.K.'s
decision to leave the European Union has resulted in an "economic
catastrophe" for Britain, European Commissioner for the Internal Market
Thierry Breton said Tuesday during an interview with French broadcaster BFMTV.
"Look
at what's going on with store shelves ... with the restocking of fuel ... with
the lack of nurses and doctors ... with the truck driver shortage [and] with
everything construction. What's going on these days is a disaster," Breton
said.
"Consider
that after they said they could regain prosperity, which meant to some extent
that every EU national would be kicked out — at least a large part of them —
well now they need to come back, because nurses are missing. There's 100,000
truck drivers missing ... It is what it is and we deplore it," he added.
The French
commissioner also commented on the fishing row between London and Paris, as the
French government is reportedly gearing up to announce retaliation measures
against the U.K., which granted less than half of the Jersey fishing permits
France was asking for.
"We've
seen a lot of bad faith from the British," Breton said. "We're used
to this game now." He added that "200 permits have been granted, so
it's moving forward."
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