Tusk: No single market a la carte
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President of the European Council Donald Tusk has ruled out that there will "a single market a la carte" for the UK and it will have to accept freedom of movement in order to have free EU trade access. Wednesday's meeting of the 27 leaders in Brussels, the first without Britain, was "calm and serious."
"Leaders made it crystal clear that access to the single market requires acceptance of all four freedoms - including freedom of movement," said Tusk. "There will be no single market a la carte."
He asserted the remaining 27 nations are "absolutely determined" to stay united after Britain's departure, confirming plans for a summit in Bratislava on September 16 to discuss the fallout from the British referendum result.