Submitted by christian on Mon, 02/13/2017 - 15:09
The U.K.’s success at undermining the bloc’s united front will dictate whether the UK can extract concessions from the EU, such as retaining preferred trading relationships and favorable access for London’s financial firms. The remaining 27 governments have managed to a hold a common line so far but the two-year negotiation will test competing priorities from Paris to Budapest and Lisbon to Warsaw. The UK might play a game of 'divide and rule’ because Member States are not as united as they appear and it might try and slice them apart on certain issues.
