EU warns UK against bid to divide bloc ahead of crunch Brexit summit

German minister insists that unity among the 27 members remains strong

Michael Roth
Germany’s Europe Minister Michael Roth
(Image credit: Aris Oikonomou/AFP via Getty Images)

Two leading EU officials have warned Britain to stop trying to divide the bloc during negotiations over a post-Brexit trade agreement.

Germany’s Europe Minister Michael Roth and European Commission Vice-president Maros Sefcovic criticised Britain’s tactics ahead of crunch talks at the EU leaders’ summit in Brussels on Thursday and Friday.

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  Chas Newkey-Burden has been part of The Week Digital team for more than a decade and a journalist for 25 years, starting out on the irreverent football weekly 90 Minutes, before moving to lifestyle magazines Loaded and Attitude. He was a columnist for The Big Issue and landed a world exclusive with David Beckham that became the weekly magazine’s bestselling issue. He now writes regularly for The Guardian, The Telegraph, The Independent, Metro, FourFourTwo and the i new site. He is also the author of a number of non-fiction books.