by Mike ‘Mish’ Shedlock
Mish Talk
German Chancellor Angela Merkel now sounds like socialist nannycrat Francois Hollande when it comes to punishing the UK.
The Financial Times reports Angela Merkel Takes Tough Stance on Brexit Negotiations.
In a speech to the Bundestag on Tuesday morning, Ms Merkel spelt out to London that the EU’s internal freedoms were indivisible — if Britain, like Norway, wanted access to the internal market then, like Norway, it would have to accept freedom of movement.
“We will ensure that the negotiations will not be run on the principle of cherry-picking,” the chancellor said, drawing applause. “We must and will make a palpable difference over whether a country wants to be a member of the family of the European Union or not. Whoever wants to get out of this family cannot expect that all the obligations fall away but the privileges continue to remain in place.”