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Tory MPs blast claim EU is owed US$63 billion before UK can quit Europe
BRITISH Conservative MPs dismissed the Austrian chancellor's claim that it would cost Britain EUR60 billion (US$63 billion) to leave the European Union.
"We paid so much into the EU budget over the years, we pretty much bought the damned restaurant," said former minister and Conservative MP Iain Duncan Smith.
"This figure is a nonsense that's been conjured up by EU officials who are behaving like children," he said.
Said Tory MP Craig Mackinlay: "There appears to be a growing consensus within the Commission and now European chancelleries that the figure is EUR60 billion without any apparent basis. I now demand they prove their figures."
Austrian Chancellor Christian Kern became the first EU leader to put a value on the size of Britain's Brexit bill, reported Bloomberg.
Britain's Trade Secretary Liam Fox has called the very idea of a charge "absurd" and Whitehall is adamant it won't pay for any EU projects signed after November.
While similar estimates have been circulating for months, Mr Kern cited the sum as an EU calculation that will be presented to Prime Minister Theresa May once she initiates Brexit talks.
"The cheque should be around EUR60 billion, that's what the European Commission has calculated and this will be part of the negotiations," said Mr Kern.
"We paid so much into the EU budget over the years, we pretty much bought the damned restaurant," said former minister and Conservative MP Iain Duncan Smith.
"This figure is a nonsense that's been conjured up by EU officials who are behaving like children," he said.
Said Tory MP Craig Mackinlay: "There appears to be a growing consensus within the Commission and now European chancelleries that the figure is EUR60 billion without any apparent basis. I now demand they prove their figures."
Austrian Chancellor Christian Kern became the first EU leader to put a value on the size of Britain's Brexit bill, reported Bloomberg.
Britain's Trade Secretary Liam Fox has called the very idea of a charge "absurd" and Whitehall is adamant it won't pay for any EU projects signed after November.
While similar estimates have been circulating for months, Mr Kern cited the sum as an EU calculation that will be presented to Prime Minister Theresa May once she initiates Brexit talks.
"The cheque should be around EUR60 billion, that's what the European Commission has calculated and this will be part of the negotiations," said Mr Kern.
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