April 29, 2021
BRUSSELS (AFP) – The European Parliament voted on Tuesday to ratify the European Union’s (EU) post-Brexit trade deal with Britain, but not without issuing bitter final warnings that trouble lies ahead in cross-channel ties.
“Today the European Parliament voted on the most far reaching agreement the EU has ever reached with a third country,” the President of the assembly David Sassoli said.
“This can form the foundation on which we build a new forward-looking EU-United Kingdom (UK) relationship,” he said, warning that MEPs would monitor the implementation of the deal and “not accept any backsliding from the UK government”.