without a commercial agreement, the UK will refuse to pay the EU

The United Kingdom will pay the divorce bill with the European Union only if a trade agreement is reached, said the new British Brexit Minister, Dominic Raab, in an interview published Sunday in the United States. Sunday Telegraph .

An agreement on the terms of release as of March 2019. Eurosceptic Dominic Raab, who replaced David Davis on July 9, after his resignation, said that a "certain conditionality between the two" was necessary. "Article 50 (of the Lisbon Treaty, on the exit process from the EU) requires (…) that there be a future framework agreement for the relationship we will have (with the EU) to the future, so the two are linked, "said Dominic Raab at Sunday Telegraph . "You can not have on one side a part fulfilling all the conditions and on the other a part that does not fulfill them, or that goes slowly, or that does not engage," added the minister. So far, the UK government has sent conflicting messages regarding the Brexit Financial Regulation as part of an agreement on the UK's exit modalities from the end of March 2019.

agreement accepted by Theresay May in December. British Prime Minister Theresa May agreed in December on a financial deal totaling £ 35-39 billion (€ 39-44 billion), which ministers said depended on the establishment of future relations. commercial. This agreement was quickly challenged by members of the government. Finance Minister Philip Hammond, who advocated a "soft" break with the EU, however, considered it "inconceivable" that London would not honor its financial commitments even in the absence of a trade agreement, noting that it was not "not a credible scenario".

Divorce Agreement by the End of October The UK is due to leave the EU by the end of March 2019, and both parties are expected to reach a divorce agreement by the end of October in order to organize the separation, lay the groundwork for their future relationship and give the time to Parliament and national parliaments to ratify the text. Dominic Raab met for the first time this week Michel Barnier, the chief negotiator of the EU and will return Thursday for further discussions. "If the energy we put in these negotiations, ambition and pragmatism are reciprocal, we will get an agreement in October," said Dominic Raab at the BBC sunday.

"The Worst Scenarios ". He added that it would be "frankly irrational" for the EU to opt for "the worst case scenario", that of a lack of agreement at the end of the negotiations. London and Brussels say they want to reach an agreement but both are preparing for the possibility of a failure of negotiations. Europeans are worried about the stalling of internal discussions and internal challenges to Theresa May's strategy. According to a poll published by the Sunday Times, only 12% of Britons surveyed believe that Theresa May's "Checkers Plan" on Britain's future trade relationship with the EU after Brexit would be "good" for the country.