Downplaying hopes of an easy divorce, Prime Minister Joseph Muscat says the 27 other EU nations will drive a hard bargain.
He told the BBC that “there will not be a situation when the UK has a better deal than it has today.”
He says Brexit “won’t be a case whether one side gains and the other side loses. We are all going to lose something.”
Muscat also says that Britain’s hope of remaining in the bloc’s single market while imposing limits on EU immigration is “just not happening.” Malta is due to hold the EU presidency for six months from January 1.
EU gets tough: Malta’s PM says Brexit is lose-lose situation
25 November 2016
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The leader of Malta, whose country is about to assume presidency of the EU, says Britain’s exit from the bloc will see both sides lose out.
