In the final days before the Brexit vote, Jean-Claude Juncker had warned that “a deserter not be welcomed with open arms – that is the stance of the commission as well as other governments”. Last year, after a meeting with Theresa May in Downing Street, the European Commission chief declared “I leave Downing Street more sceptical than I was ever before” about the UK’s negotiating stance.
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