Longer Brexit transition period would not hurt Europe: Asselborn
Reuters
Published Oct 17, 2018 02:27AM ET
Longer Brexit transition period would not hurt Europe: Asselborn
BERLIN (Reuters) - It would not hurt Europe if Britain was allowed to remain in the European Union customs union and internal market beyond an agreed transitional arrangement, Luxembourg Foreign Minister Jean Asselborn said.
"What can be extended with no major problem is the Jan. 1, 2020 date for the transition period. If a year is added to that it won't hurt Europe, I hope not Britain as well," Asselborn told German broadcaster Deutschlandfunk on Wednesday.
German daily Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung had reported late on Tuesday that the European Commission had offered to extend the transition period beyond the end of 2020.
(The story corrects third paragraph to show period to be extended beyond the end of 2020, not until the end of 2020.)
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