Brexit news: EU treats UK like ‘treasure trove’ while letting Germany off the hook | World | News

Jayne Adye, director of the grass-roots, pro-Brexit marketing campaign group Get Britain Out, writing in her weekly replace, contrasted the EU’s therapy of Britain with that of Germany, whose automobile business noticed £1billion in fines waived by the European Commission earlier this week. Ms Adye was talking after new figures revealed by the Fee put the overall Britain owes at £40.8billion – with Downing Road publicly rejected the estimate.

She stated: “This is a rise of practically £2billion on the unique estimates made by the UK Workplace for Price range Duty.

“What makes this hike in calls for one way or the other worse although, is the actual fact we may all see it coming as quickly as Theresa Could conceded to paying a ‘Divorce Invoice’ within the first place.

“The EU will proceed to try to demand increasingly more cash at each alternative, with nearly no logic behind their calls for.”

The invoice had been issued by the EU’s Court docket of Auditors, which Ms Adye accused of failing to audit the bloc’s accounts for many years, and of “ignoring swathes of errors” yearly.

She requested: “How is that this physique authorised to try to demand billions extra from the UK once they can not even get their very own accounts appropriate?

“It’s a truth the EU’s accounts have by no means ever been absolutely signed off, so why ought to we settle for their auditors’ figures now, until they return 26 years to show what they’ve already taken from us – and we have now paid in good religion – is correct?”

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Referring to Categorical.co.uk’s story on Friday, primarily based on an report by the Facts4EU suppose tank, Ms Adye stated: “To make this much more laughable, prior to now 2 days the EU has each issued after which written off over €1.1billion in fines to German automobile producers for breaches to emissions requirements.

“This proves the EU clearly doesn’t want the cash from the UK if they’ll afford to forgive and neglect these money owed to German corporations.

“Or as is extra possible, the EU continues to see the UK as their ‘Treasure Trove’ which might cough up increasingly more cash no matter their calls for.”

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As for the UK’s response, Ms Adye urged Prime Minister Boris Johnson to problem the EU’s figures and inform European Fee President Ursula von der Leyen she is not going to get a penny greater than was initially agreed.

Ms Adye stated: “This can’t be up for debate as a result of as with so many different areas of negotiations with the EU, if we merely succumb to their calls for, they may carry on making an attempt the identical ways time and time once more.

“That is UK taxpayers’ cash and it must be spent on OUR priorities now, not paying for Federalist-inspired EU initiatives.”

Talking yesterday, a Fee spokesman stated: “We’ve got already knowledgeable the UK Authorities concerning the funds that they need to do with regard to the primary a part of this yr they usually’ve already actually paid a part of the quantity involved.

“Subsequently, we have now completely no indications at this cut-off date that the invoice, or the quantity that we have calculated will likely be contested.”

Nevertheless, referring to the £40.8billion complete, a Quantity 10 spokesman stated: “We do not recognise that determine, it is an estimate produced by the EU for its personal inner accounting functions.

“For instance it would not mirror all the cash owed again to the UK which reduces the quantity we pay.

“Our estimate stays within the central vary of between £35-39bn and we are going to publish full particulars in Parliament shortly.”

Because of the Brexit negotiations, a deal was struck whereby the UK pays the EU a sum overlaying pension contributions for EU employees along with funding for 3 EU analysis programmes from 2021-27.

In flip the UK will get again roughly £3billion paid into the European Funding Financial institution, plus £50million which it had within the European Central Financial institution.

The UK may also get a share of any fines paid to the EU which have been imposed earlier than the tip of final – a determine possible so as to add as much as £1.2billion.