Photo: DPAGerman Chancellor Angela Merkel on Thursday told Britain not to have any "illusions" that it would have the same rights as an EU member after it leaves the bloc. "A third-party state will not have the same rights or even superior rights to a member state," Merkel said ahead of a Brussels summit Saturday on Brexit. "This may sound self-evident, but I have to say this because some in Britain seem to have illusions on this point," Merkel told the German parliament (Bundestag). Describing the position of the remaining 27 states and the EU institutions, Merkel said there was “great agreement on our common negotiating strategy towards the UK". "Or access for UK financial institutions to the European financial market if at the same time there is rampant deregulation in London.

Source: The Local April 27, 2017 07:52 UTC