How does the EU respond to Brexit?

On March 31, according to the British Reuters report, the EU agreed to start negotiating a post-Brexit bilateral free trade agreement with the UK before the two sides reached the final terms of Brexit, and announced the EU negotiations on the 31st. Draft guidelines. ?

According to this draft, the EU's overall goal is to "safeguard the interests of the EU itself, its member states, citizens and businesses." The EU hopes that the UK's "Brexit" process will be implemented in stages and carried out in an orderly manner. The EU proposes that negotiations begin with a "breakup agreement" and then discuss future economic and trade relations between the UK and the EU.

This draft also raises the issue of the costs of the UK’s “breakup” from the EU. Previously, some analysts assessed that this cost is expected to reach 60 billion euros. ?

The draft states that as part of the "phased Brexit", EU countries may agree to start the second phase only after the UK has made "sufficient progress" on other issues in the first phase of negotiations. trade negotiations.

However, reports said that two days after British Prime Minister Theresa May announced that the UK had entered a two-year countdown to Brexit, the EU made the above concessions at the same time as EU Summit President Donald Tusk There are some elements in the draft issued by the Prime Minister that the British Prime Minister may not be happy to accept.

These include that during the transition period before Brexit is expected to be completed in 2019, and until a final free trade agreement is agreed, the UK must comply with EU rules, including budgetary contributions and judicial oversight, which It was part of the reason why a majority of Britons voted to leave the EU last June. The draft also requires that if the UK remains part of the EU single market after Brexit, the UK must also respect the principles of the "four freedoms", which means the UK must accept free immigration from the European continent.

Reports indicate that European Council President Tusk distributed the draft guidance to the other 27 EU countries on March 31. The draft is likely to undergo some revisions before being adopted at an EU summit on April 29.