Martin Schulz, president of the European parliament, has warned Theresa May that MEPs would not accept curbs on free movement STEFAN WERMUTH/REUTERSPoliticians in Brussels will veto any Brexit deal that lets Britain export its “lorries and hedge funds” to the EU while closing its borders to foreign workers, the president of the European parliament has warned. In uncompromising comments after talks with Theresa May in London, Martin Schulz said that the UK needed to realise that the EU was a “community” not an “accountants club”. He also condemned the “damaging and dangerous” rhetoric of the EU debate in Britain, blaming the “nasty” Brexit campaign for a rise in xenophobic attacks and the murder of the Labour MP Jo Cox.

Source: The Times September 23, 2016 23:03 UTC