Michel Barnier says UK could keep pound and stay out of Schengen if it rejoined EU

Daniel Boffey

17d ago· 6 min readenNews

Summary

Michel Barnier, the EU's former chief Brexit negotiator, stated in an interview ahead of the 10th anniversary of the Brexit referendum that the UK could potentially rejoin the EU while keeping the pound and remaining outside the Schengen travel area. He suggested these special terms would be "perfectly possible" and that it was becoming clearer to Britons that they would be stronger within the EU. His comments challenge claims from other officials that the UK would face obstacles to retaining such opt-outs if it sought to rejoin.

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bskyMichel Barnier says UK could keep pound and stay out of Schengen if it rejoined EUtheguardian.com

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I could not see any obstacle to the UK keeping the pound and remaining outside the passport-free Schengen travel area should the country rejoin.

It was becoming clearer every day to the British people that they would be stronger in Europe.

Staying out of the euro and Schengen area would be 'perfectly possible'.

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