Theresa May: British government seeks free trade zone with Brexit

The British government agreed to seek a "free trade zone" with the EU after Brexit

• ] Prime Minister May announced in a statement. In the government there have recently been trenches concerning the Brexit
• The EU has recently complained that Britain has not yet set a negotiation goal a few months before Brexit. The British government is aiming for a Brexit "Free Trade Area" with the EU. The Council of Ministers agreed on this "common position" on Friday during a brainstorming meeting, as announced by Prime Minister Theresa May. The free trade area should have "common rules for manufactured goods and agricultural products". On the other hand, the service sector should not have access to the EU area. With this in mind, Britain now wants to start negotiations on Brexit with the EU.

  May has gathered ministers at her country house, Checkers, to settle the fierce internal dispute over future trade relations with Europe. Resistance to the Prime Minister came mainly from the Brexit supporters, who were in favor of a clear break with the EU and hardly took into account May's plan to adapt to European trade rules.

  May pointed out Friday night that the Cabinet was behind her. "The cabinet has today accepted our common position for negotiations with the EU in lengthy discussions," she said.

  Time is running out for the month of May

  The British Cabinet has been discussing for months how the UK's divorce modalities from the European Union. The disunity of the government also paralyzes the Brexit negotiations in Brussels. Time is short: Britain will separate from the EU on March 29, 2019.

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  Can govern since a new election in June 2017 only gossamer majority and is easily vulnerable. On several occasions, she is attacked by Brexit members such as Foreign Minister Boris Johnson and Brexit Minister David Davis. Chancellor Philip Hammond, among others, is among his cabinet members who are in favor of the EU.

  The Brexit rush is becoming increasingly worrying for businesses; they lack planning security. The British government has "no idea or agreement on how to implement Brexit without serious damage," Airbus chief Tom Enders told reporters in London. The Toulouse-based aerospace and defense group employs 14,000 people at 25 sites in the United Kingdom

  Federal Minister of the Interior Horst Seehofer caused a stir in Brussels. In a letter quoted by the Financial Times, the head of the CSU urged EU chief negotiator Michel Barnier to seek "unlimited cooperation" with the United Kingdom on security after the release of the EU. A spokesman for Barniers only briefly stated that it was "not the position of the European Council, including Germany".