Very hard' Brexit 'inevitable' MEP says as he blasts EU 'stop demanding the impossible!'

A Polish MEP has urged the EU to prepare for a no deal Brexit, as he claims a "very hard Brexit" is now "inevitable".

Radoslaw Sikorski, who went to Oxford University at the same time as Boris Johnson, made the comments while speaking at a plenary in the European Parliament this afternoon.

He urged the bloc to rethink its strategy during the current UK trade talks, and said EU negotiators need to "stop demanding the impossible".

The Polish politician said he wanted the two sides to agree a deal, but due to current disagreements, such a position seems impossible.

Mr Sikorski said: “As the deputy chairman of the EU-UK friendship group I would, of course, like there to be a deal, but I am beginning to despair.

“The British Prime Minister has communicated to us that Britain cannot accept a deal which puts Britain under the jurisdiction of the ECJ (European Court of Justice) or that bars the House of Commons in any way in the future in determining Britain’s commercial arrangements.

“That seems to me to make a deal impossible because the nature of any treaty is that you will do in the future what the treaty says and not as you please.

“Therefore, our red lines don’t seem to touch at any point.

“Therefore this is why I would urge you to stop demanding the impossible from our negotiators and start preparing for what is regrettable but seems to be inevitable - which is a very hard Brexit indeed.”

Previously, Mr Sikorski remarked that the EU "has never been so popular", and said Brexit had cemented loyalty within the bloc.

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