British Prime Minister Theresa May will offer at least 20 billion euros to the European Union this week to fill the budget gap after Brexit, the British financial newspaper Financial Times (FT) reported on Tuesday.
Oliver Robbins, the Prime Minister’s advisor on the EU, assured European colleagues that the Prime Minister would deliver a speech on the EU in Florence on Friday and present her offer.
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The British newspaper published this news in its digital edition, citing officials involved in the talks.
Great Britain has not yet proposed any amount it intends to pay for the divorce from the European Union, which it is set to leave on March 29, 2019.
Brussels has not specified the amount so far, but some Union representatives have estimated that the British should pay between 60 and 100 billion euros.
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London’s contribution to the EU budget in 2015 was 10.75 billion euros, according to data from the European Commission and the European Parliament. Therefore, 20 billion euros would be the amount the British owe to settle their obligations to the EU budget. The Union’s budget is set for a period of seven years and lasts until 2020.
A senior diplomat stated that the payment of that money “will not completely erase all British financial obligations to the EU.”
The Prime Minister’s advisors did not wish to comment on the claims made by the FT.
