More Brexit news. Source Guardian.
‘More bad news for UK. EU diplomats - who have now read UK texts - back Michel Barnier’s charge that UK is cherry picking. UK sources were withering about Barnier resorting to the “old script”, but British claims of wanting 'the best of Canada' don’t convince.
Here are a handful of areas where the EU thinks the UK is effectively seeking status quo: mutual recognition agreements for industry; professional services, such as law and auditing; energy interconnection on the internal market; rights for lorry drivers and more.
And there is an eye-rolling weariness every time a British negotiator pronounces that the UK is a sovereign state. The EU say they they know this. They are also sovereign states. That’s why they set the conditions for entry into their market. Hard cheese.’