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The EU is worried that Britain “might do rather well” outside the bloc, according to U.K. Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab.
At a working dinner last week, U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen set today as the day for a “firm decision” about the future of the talks.
Raab told Sky News that a Brexit deal depended on what the EU “is willing at a political level to commit to.”
“We want to be treated like any other independent self-respecting democracy. If the EU can accept that at a political level, then there’s every reason to be confident but there is still, I think, a long way to go,” he said.
“The EU is concerned that actually Britain might do rather well once we leave the EU and is worried about the competitive advantage even on the normal global rules that apply,” said Raab, who campaigned for Britain to leave during the referendum.
Fisheries and the so-called level playing field are the two main issues in the negotiations, he said.
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