A prominent Brussels politician has said that a number of European countries have been allowed to put in place tougher immigration measures than the UK while retaining access to the single market. “The ability to put an upper break is a concept that has been adopted by EEA members and they have been given access to the single market,” she said. She said it was clear that Britain would not retain “full” membership of the single market because of May’s determination to take control of legislation. “I would point out to people in other European countries that even within the single market some countries take quite an à la carte approach themselves to implementing European [regulations] ... There is a single market scoreboard that looks at implementation of European legislation and the UK is well ahead of France and Germany.”

Source: The Guardian October 09, 2016 16:00 UTC