Davis DISMISSES EU demand for £92bn Brexit divorce bill | Daily Mail Online
oh dear.
'We won't pay': David Davis DISMISSES Brussels demand for £92billion after Germany, France and Poland gang up to DOUBLE the Brexit divorce bill
Tensions are rising even before the Brexit negotiations formally get under way
Brussels has upped divorce bill demand from around £50bn to around £92bn
Germany, France and Poland said to have boosted sum to include farm subsidies
Brexit Secretary David Davis flatly dismissed the idea we could pay £92bn
Tensions are rising even before the Brexit negotiations formally get under way
Brussels has upped divorce bill demand from around £50bn to around £92bn
Germany, France and Poland said to have boosted sum to include farm subsidies
Brexit Secretary David Davis flatly dismissed the idea we could pay £92bn
The increase is said to be down to the inclusion of farming subsidies, while Brussels is likely to say the UK is not entitled to a share of the EU's assets, such as buildings.
Amid rising tensions, Theresa May vowed last night that she will be a 'bloody difficult woman' if Mr Juncker tries to thwart a good Brexit deal.
But it also emerged that the EU is trying to ban Mrs May from sitting in on Brexit talks.
HOW THE EU WANTS TO INFLATE THE BREXIT DIVORCE BILL
The latest salvo from the EU comes as their view of what the divorce bill should include comes into focus.
The bloc insists that the UK should keep paying into its coffers until 2020 - after we formally leave - because that is when budgets have been set until.
Member states have also been piling charges into the pot as they realise the scale of the hole about to be left in the EU's finances.
Britain is the second biggest contributor to Brussels, and among only a handful of countries that pay more than they receive.
The new figure, calculated by the Financial Times, has been inflated with the inclusion of farm subsidy payments and EU administration fees in 2019 and 2020. The UK would also be expected to fund loans to poorer EU states.
Germany is said to have been pushing for Britain to be denied a share of the bloc's assets, such as buildings, which could have brought the sum down.
Other costs include generous pensions for thousands of Eurocrats.
Although the €100billion total would be payable up front, some of the money would be expected to come back over the decades.
Officials are insisting she can only discuss terms with the Mr Barnier, not other heads of state, according to The Times.
Amid rising tensions, Theresa May vowed last night that she will be a 'bloody difficult woman' if Mr Juncker tries to thwart a good Brexit deal.
But it also emerged that the EU is trying to ban Mrs May from sitting in on Brexit talks.
HOW THE EU WANTS TO INFLATE THE BREXIT DIVORCE BILL
The latest salvo from the EU comes as their view of what the divorce bill should include comes into focus.
The bloc insists that the UK should keep paying into its coffers until 2020 - after we formally leave - because that is when budgets have been set until.
Member states have also been piling charges into the pot as they realise the scale of the hole about to be left in the EU's finances.
Britain is the second biggest contributor to Brussels, and among only a handful of countries that pay more than they receive.
The new figure, calculated by the Financial Times, has been inflated with the inclusion of farm subsidy payments and EU administration fees in 2019 and 2020. The UK would also be expected to fund loans to poorer EU states.
Germany is said to have been pushing for Britain to be denied a share of the bloc's assets, such as buildings, which could have brought the sum down.
Other costs include generous pensions for thousands of Eurocrats.
Although the €100billion total would be payable up front, some of the money would be expected to come back over the decades.
Officials are insisting she can only discuss terms with the Mr Barnier, not other heads of state, according to The Times.
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