UK to be hit with ‘very hefty’ Brexit bill, says Juncker

AFP via EurActiv ^ | 02/21/2017 9:50 (updated: 10:24)

[Olog-hai]

Britain will have to pay a “very hefty” bill to leave the European Union and negotiating a new relationship with the bloc will take years, European Commission chief Jean-Claude Juncker warned today (21 February).

Prime Minister Theresa May hopes to trigger the Brexit negotiations by the end of March following the shock referendum in June last year. […]

“The British must know — and they know it already — that it will not be at a discount or zero cost,” the former Luxembourg premier said in his hour-long speech. […]

European sources said Brussels could hand Britain an exit bill of up to €60 billion to cover commitments already made by London toward the EU budget. The European Commission has declined to provide any figure until now. …

[Palio di Siena]

they can send the 60 billion euros to us and we’ll knock it off the EU’s NATO tab.

[Buckeye McFrog]

We’ll put you on the same payment plan as Greece.

[D Rider]

The only army worth a damm in Europe are the Brits. That is a very funny threat.

[Cobra64]

I would tell Junker to go piss up a rope.

[sarge83]

For sure, how are the bureaucrats going to enforce their extortion money? All the Brits have to do is counter whatever they demand with a fee for this or that. I would tell the carneys in Brussels’s sure the checks in the mail boys and girls.

[Bobalu]

When the EU goes down, and it will go down, it will happen virtually overnight.

Like a mudslide....and yes, it will be chaos, they have only themselves to blame.

[jjotto]

When NATO becomes the military branch of the European Caliphate, will the USA still be paying most of the bills?

[KyCats]

Theresa May to Juncker:

“Mr. President? You can have my answer now, if you like. My final offer is this: nothing. Not even the fee for the gaming license, which I would appreciate if you would put up personally.”