British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson has finally conceded that the UK must pay money to the EU as part of the Brexit process.
Dismissing the European estimates of what the UK owes the European Union (EU) as part of its departure from the bloc, Johnson told BBC Radio 4’s Today program on Friday, “We should pay not a penny more, not a penny less, of what we think our legal obligations amount to.”
“I’m not saying that I accept [EU chief Brexit negotiator, Michel] Barnier’s interpretation of what our obligations are. But I’m certainly saying that we have to meet our legal obligations as we understand them and that’s what you’d expect the British government to do,” he added.
The EU has demanded tens of billions of Euros from Britain as part of its “Brexit bill” before Brussels launches talks on a free trade agreement with London.
Last month, the foreign secretary told lawmakers in the parliament that, “The sums I…