EU confirms it wants UK to pay into its budget in exchange for closer ties
by Jennifer Rankin in Brussels and Lisa O’Carroll from World news | The Guardian on (#71JBG)
Politically realistic' for UK to make financial contribution so it can access European single market, Irish minister says
The UK must pay into the EU budget for future participation in the European single market, it has been confirmed, in what could become a major test for the post-Brexit reset.
Ireland's Europe minister, Thomas Byrne, said EU member states had decided the UK should make a financial contribution for closer ties: Ireland wants to see Britain getting the benefit of closer engagement with the European Union.
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