LONDON - Britain wants a durable relationship with the European Union for “decades to come” in financial services as part of a new free trade agreement with the bloc, Britain’s finance minister Sajid Javid said on Tuesday.
“If the EU, like us, wants a durable relationship, we should also include measures to directly address the long-term needs of industry for a reliable equivalence process,” Javid said in an article in City AM newspaper. Equivalence only covers some financial activities, basic banking is excluded, and Brussels can in theory scrap access with just 30 days notice in some cases.
“This is important not only in the short term, but to establish the norms and ways of working with the EU that will endure for decades to come,” Javid said. An unverified photo of a government briefing paper on equivalence taken outside Javid’s Downing Street office by PoliticalPics on Monday spoke of “comprehensive, permanent equivalence decisions” as an opening position for Britain.
Err no. That’s what the ‘voice of the people’ voted to end.
Pretty sure I'd tell'm no for now...
Reply is No Don't b under illusion said Michel BARNIER ...British will b considered like other ones
Don't seek them out let them come begging to you, you have what they want
It's already been shot down by the EU. Because its cherry picking.
I thought they didn’t want to be part of the EU anymore...
LOL, you have control now :)
This is fucking hilarious