From the Liveblog of
Tuesday, January 17, 2017
Britain will exit EU’s single market: PM May
Britain will exit the EU’s single market when it leaves the bloc because it wants to restrict the arrival of EU immigrants, British Prime Minister Theresa May says.
“What I am proposing cannot mean membership of the single market,” May said.
But May says Britain wants a new customs union deal with the EU.
Theresa May: “We are a great global nation – with so much to offer Europe" https://t.co/4zu41YcSJD pic.twitter.com/fmw73aivaD
— LBC (@LBC) January 17, 2017
In any case, Britain’s Parliament will be able to vote on any final Brexit agreement, May says, following pressure from lawmakers to have more say over leaving the European Union.
“I can confirm today that the government will put the final deal to a vote in both houses of parliament before it comes into force,” she says.
— AFP
