Nigel Farage shows off his Union Jack socks in Strasbourg parliament debate

  05 April 2017    Read: 5196
Nigel Farage shows off his Union Jack socks in Strasbourg parliament debate
Nigel Farage has accused the EU of behaving like the "mafia" because it is holding Britain hostage with its £50bn divorce bill, during a raucous and at times bitter debate with MEPs in Strasbourg.
Before Mr Farage fired off his "mafia" jibe at MEPs he was pictured showing off these Union Jack-emblazoned socks, as well as posing rather gamely with a flag.

"You're behaving like the mafia, like we're a hostage. We're not - we're free to go," Mr Farage said.

It came as the EU parliament set out its "red lines" on negotiations for a Brexit deal during the debate.

Representatives for the 27 member states are expected to back a call by EU leaders for the bloc to first agree to divorce terms before striking any new trade deals.

Jean Claude Juncker, the president of the European Commission, has previously suggested Britain would have to pay a Brexit "divorce bill" of up to £50bn in liabilities, and pledged funding.

"We want to have a clear signal that the European Union is united," German MEP Manfred Weber, the head of the conservative European People's Party (EPP), told AFP.

"London must understand that no splitting up of the EU position is possible," Weber told reporters on Tuesday.


/The Telegraph/

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