Jeremy Hunt: EU must change its approach to avoid no-deal Brexit
Jeremy Hunt in Finland on Tuesday. Jeremy Hunt has called on the EU to change its approach on Brexit, and said the risk of failing to reach a deal has risen in recent weeks.
The British foreign secretary was speaking at the start of three-day tour of continental Europe aimed at persuading member states to back Theresa May’s Brexit plan.
I think the risk of a no Brexit deal has been increasing recently, Hunt told journalists in Helsinki. But it’s not what anyone wants and I hope very much that we’ll find a way to avoid that.
He added: We do need to see a change in approach by the European commission.
Hunt, who became foreign secretary last month after Boris Johnson resigned in protest at May’s plan, is also due to meet counterparts in Latvia, Denmark and the Nether...