Merkel Warns May About access to EU market if movement of workers is blocked
Mirror, “Britain warned NO full access to EU free market without free movement of workers”, Oct 6 2016:
German chancellor Angela Merkel has also said Brexit negotiations will not be easy
German chancellor Angela Merkel has warned Britain there can be no full access to the EU single market without free movement of workers,
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Number 10 responded by referencing Ms May’s Brexit speech to the Tory conference, when she said: “I know some people ask about the ‘trade-off’ between controlling immigration and trading with Europe.
“But that is the wrong way of looking at things. We have voted to leave the European Union and become a fully independent, sovereign country.
“We will do what independent sovereign countries do. We will decide for ourselves how we control immigration. And we will be free to pass our own laws.”
The PM also warned there would be “bumps in the road” on the way to Brexit .