European Council President Donald Tusk warned at a European Policy Centre (EPC) conference on Thursday 13 October that the only alternative to a “hard Brexit” is“no Brexit”.
There can be no mistaking, in Tusk’s view, what is at stake in negotiations with the United Kingdom. “Our task will be to protect the interests of the EU as a whole and the interests of each of the 27 member states”, he said, stating that there will be no compromises on the four freedoms of the single...