“We’ve been very clear with market players, because this is a sensitive area,” she told a Politico event.
“We need to be clear and have been consistency clear how we will approach this, and we have been very clear with the United Kingdom as well.”
The top eurocrat suggested Brussels would not make a decision on granting Britain’s financial services sector to the single market before the extent of our post-Brexit reforms are made clear.
But she insisted even if the UK remains closely aligned to the EU’s rules and regulations, the bloc would seek to secure any advantages from the divorce.
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Brexit sparked a rise in euroscepticism across the bloc, and in the past 30 years support for anti-EU parties both on the Left and Right of politics has risen to 35 percent, analysis showed. Among the reasons for Britain deciding to free itself of Brussels was its desire to take back control of its laws, waters and trade. This has been highlighted best in recent weeks as the UK soared past its counterparts in Europe by providing a continent-leading coronavirus vaccine roll
EU leaders meet with China in November, 2020 (Image: GETTY)
She added: The support for continued Swedish membership in the EU has declined. In the case of a Brexit, we expect an increase in demands for Sweden to also exit the EU.
More recently, the European Commission told six of its member states, including Sweden, Germany and Hungary, to ease their coronavirus border rules.
According to The Local, an EU diplomat argued that Stockholm s controls are more radical than the strongest Soviet customs official you can imagine .
Angela Merkel also came under fire from leaders (Image: GETTY)
A spokesperson for the Commission also said that it wanted to underline the need for free movement restrictions to be non-discriminatory and proportionate .