What next for Theresa May and Brexit after Salzburg humiliation? | Letters
Your report of the stance of EU officials on Brexit (UK will shift Brexit stance in its 'darkest hour' claim EU officials, 18 September) and the pronouncements of Donald Tusk a few days later (May humiliated as European leaders tell her: your Brexit plan won't work, 21 September) make depressing reading.
As a committed remainer, I have realised from the outset that, contrary to the claims made by leavers, Europe has held all the cards and would be expected to negotiate hard. However, the lack of flexibility on the European side plays into the narrative of the hard Brexiters and makes no-deal a more likely outcome. This will of course damage Europe to some extent, spread across 27 countries, but the damage to Britain will be massively greater.
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