Courtesy of Mish
Brexit amusement continues as a leaked phone conversation stirred the ire of UK prime Minister Theresa May.
After meeting with Theresa May last Wednesday, European Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker told German Chancellor Angela Merkel that May was “living in a different galaxy”. Juncker also stated he is “ten times more skeptical than before.”
That’s hardly a shocking revelation to Mish readers but it raised a stink in the UK over leaks.
Via Mish-modified Google translation from FAS, please consider EU Commission Fears Negotiation Failure.
The EU is very skeptical about the successful conclusion of the Brexit negotiations with the United Kingdom. The reason for this is the meeting between Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker and British Prime Minister Theresa May last Wednesday in London.
As reported by the Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung, Juncker, after two hours of talk, said, “I leave Downing Street ten times more skeptical than I was before.” After the presentation in Commission circles, May had shown no compromise at the meeting and unrealistic ideas about The course of the negotiations, the FAS writes. The probability of a failure of the negotiations was estimated in the circles to “over fifty percent”.
May expressed the view that according to the European treaties, the UK did not owe any money to the other states, which, on the other hand, the EU believes amouts to between 60 and 65 billion euro. She reiterated her view that the Brexit should be a success, but the conviction in Brussels is that this is not possible because Britain is a third country and must be worse off than it is now.
According to FAS, Juncker telephoned the Chancellor Angela Merkel the following morning. He told her his assessment that May was living in a different galaxy and was making illusions.
Galaxies Apart
It does not matter which side is in a different solar system, galaxy, or alternate universe. What matters is the EU, not the UK, has imposed an impossible starting point that the UK cannot possibly accept.
Art of the Deal
In response to Trump Cries Wolf – Backs Down On NAFTA Cancellation Already: “Trump’s Bluff Didn’t Come Off”, a reader commented that I need to understand “The Art of the Deal”
That comment shows a complete misunderstanding of reality. In practice, what everyone knows is meaningless at best and more likely counterproductive.
