Verhofstadt’s appointment was declaration of war on sensible Brexit negotiations
September 2016
In the annual ‘State of the Union’ debate in the Strasbourg
parliameInt chamber UKIP’s Nigel Farage MEP labelled Guy Verhofstadt’s
appointment as chief Brexit negotiator for the European Parliament “pretty much
an act of war on any sensible negotiating process.”
Nigel Farage commented in the debate: "If you think of this building as a
temple, well Mr Verhofstadt is the high priest. A fanatic, in fact there is only
one real nationalist in the room and it’s you because you want flags, anthems
and armies.
"I would argue what we really need is to have a sensible, common sense
approach and for this parliament to recognise it has made a mistake and to find
somebody who actually likes the United Kingdom to lead these
talks."
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