The risk of Britain leaving the European Union with no agreement on post-Brexit ties “cannot be ruled out”, Poland has warned.
“The European Council sitting… to be held in October 2018, will be a key moment,” the Polish government said in a statement referring to a meeting of EU leaders planned in Brussels.
“If there are no binding agreements, the risk of a fiasco of talks will rise significantly,” Warsaw said, adding it would then move to safeguard the interests of its entrepreneurs and citizens, of which there are about one million living in Britain.
As reported by the Reuters news agency, Britain’s political meltdown and disagreements with the bloc over issues including the Irish border cast an increasingly long shadow over chances for a broad deal to regulate their relationship from day one after Brexit, which is due next March.
A no-deal Brexit is widely expected to sow chaos for people and businesses alike as there would be little clarity over what replaces more than four decades of collaboration on everything from food safety standards to airline regulations.
