Brussels, 14 December 2017 – The European spirit drink and wine industries welcome the European Commission’s recommendation to declare “sufficient progress” in the first phase of the Brexit negotiations, and now encourage the EU-27 leaders to support this decision.
Christian Porta, President of spiritsEUROPE comments “Our industry welcomes the progresses acknowledged in the Joint Report and fully supports the ambition for a ‘transition period covering the whole of the EU acquis’ outlined in the European Council’s draft guidelines. We now call upon the negotiators on the UK’s side to match this level of ambition. An expedited agreement is essential in reducing uncertainty for our Members, and their suppliers, across the EU-27 and in the UK”.