British Prime Minister Theresa May has set out her plan for future ties with the European Union in an attempt to break the deadlock in Brexit negotiations.
May, who was speaking in the Italian city of Florence on Friday, said her country’s divorce from the EU does not mean that the country wishes to be a partner, and not a member state of the EU.
She stressed that the UK would leave the European Single Market, but noted that London still wants economic relations with the bloc and it will not turn its back on Europe.
“Clearly people, businesses and public services should only have to plan for one set of changes in the relationship between the UK and the EU,” May told an audience of Italian business leaders and diplomats.
May said that the British people never felt comfortable as a member of the EU, emphasizing that Britons want to make their own laws independently.
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