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EU Tells UK It Will 'Never, Never, Never' Compromise on Single Market

Reuters

   BELFAST/DUBLIN - The European Union will "never, never, never"
   compromise on the integrity of its single market, its chief Brexit
   negotiator warned Britain on Monday, saying London must now face
   reality after underestimating the costs of leaving.

   Some British politicians have suggested Brussels might be flexible on
   its rules in order to protect trade flows in talks due to begin in the
   coming weeks after Britain's formal exit from the bloc on Friday.

   But Michel Barnier, speaking in the British region of Northern Ireland
   widely seen as most at risk from Brexit, warned negative consequences
   were unavoidable.

   "There will be no compromise on the single market. Never, never,
   never," Barnier told an audience at Queen's University Belfast,
   describing the single market as the foundation of EU's international
   influence.

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