Britain to leave EU single market as May sets course for “hard Brexit”

• Eastern Eye Staff
• 17 January, 2017

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By: Eastern Eye Staff

Britain will quit the EU single market when it leaves the European Union, prime minister Theresa May said on Tuesday (17), in a decisive speech that set a course for a clean break with the world’s largest trading bloc. Setting out a vision that could determine Britain’s future for generations and the shape of the EU itself, May answered criticism that she has been coy about her strategy with a 12-point plan towards what has been dubbed a “hard Brexit”. May promised to seek the greatest possible access to European markets, but said Britain would aim to establish its own…

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