Is Government considering massive ‘back door payments’ to secure EU deal?
THE UK could buy post-Brexit influence in the EU by quietly paying over the odds towards programmes such as science and research, it was claimed by hardline Brexiteers. The EU faces a struggle to fill a £15 BILLION-a-year budget hole after Britain departs from the union – a hole no nations seems eager to fill.
A source familiar with cabinet discussions told the Financial Times: “Money is what (The EU) really care about.
“Germany don’t want to fill that (EU budget) hole.”
And he suggested the EU and Britain might quietly okay more opaque methods of channelling British cash into European coffers – meaning Britain gets better access to markets and the EU balances the budget.
