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Spanish MEP Hermann Tertsch had warned a number of EU member states are becoming more eurosceptic, following the bloc s attempts to step up the integration. He also warned if officials don t change their approach we will have more exits . Anti-European sentiment has been rising in the Netherlands over recent weeks, but Prime Minister Mark Rutte is determined to avoid a Dutch exit.
But an agreement in the form of a memorandum of understanding, allowing banking, insurance and legal advice to be exported to the bloc, is near completion.
Both sides are expected to meet several times a year after the understanding is signed to ensure maximum cooperation.
EU markets would be able to take advantage of the City of London, which is seen as an iconic financial hub across the world.
But Brussels has so far refused to grant equivalence to the UK allowing British companies access to the bloc.
An argeement is poised for post-Brexit financial services (Image: GETTY)
Chancellor Rishi Sunak wants to make London a world leader in finance (Image: GETTY)
But Eurocrats argue this is a breach of the terms of the Brexit deal’s Northern Ireland Protocol to prevent a hard border.
To keep the Irish border open, Northern Ireland effectively remains part of the EU’s single market and some checks are now made on some products arriving from the rest of the UK.
Mr Sefcovic and Mr Coveney will discuss the issue with the influential group of Congress members, which played a key role in securing US support for the peace process.
Their intervention will be seen as a move to convince Washington to crack down on the UK in upcoming trade talks unless Downing Street drops its plans for Northern Ireland.
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EU states, led by France, backed plans set out last night by the bloc’s new Brexit chief Maros Sefcovic at a private meeting of senior diplomats. The Slovak Commission vice-president could launch formal legal proceedings as early as today, sources have told Express.co.uk. Eurocrats are furious that Downing Street has announced it intends to unilaterally delay the introduction of customs checks on supermarket and other agricultural goods shipped between mainland Britain and Northern Ireland.