Germans sound the alarm at cost to EU of No Deal Brexit if we don’t give £39bn
EUROPEANS will have to shell out billions more to fund Brussels’ budget if we quit the EU with No Deal, a top Eurocrat warned today.
The EU’s German budget chief said Europe would suffer without the £39billion Britain has previously promised to pay after Brexit.
Top eurocrat Gunther Oettinger says Brexit could lead to higher bills for the EUAFP
Gunther Oettinger’s warning come as a boost to Brexiteers who insist we can get a better deal from Brussels because they’re terrified of No Deal.
The Merkel ally, who is European Commissioner for the budget, told the German press No Deal would lead to higher bills for the rest of the continent.
Asked what the impact would be, he said: “That depends on whether the British would be prepared to honour their rights and obligations until the end of 2019.
“If that doesn’t happen, then next year a middling-three-figure million amount will be added to Germany.”
Theresa May is trying to secure support for her Brexit dealSolent News
That suggests the total extra contributions for the whole of the EU would end up being several billion euros to make up for the money they wouldn’t get from the UK.
If Theresa May’s deal is approved by Parliament next month, Britain will pay a £39billion divorce bill to Brussels.
But if we leave without a deal in March, we may end up paying nothing at all.
The PM is currently trying to extract more concessions from the EU in a last-ditch bid to persuade angry MPs they should back the withdrawal agreement.
Mr Oettinger admitted that a second referendum to overturn Brexit is unlikely.
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Let's fu-k'em up by Leaving without a Deal.... And that's fine with me...Glad to be turning our backs on the Eu
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