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No single market a la carte for UK: EU leaders

Another summit to be held on Sept 16 to discuss further fallout from Brexit vote

Published Wed, Jun 29, 2016 · 09:50 PM

Brussels

EU leaders agreed on Wednesday that Britain cannot have access to the single market after leaving the union without accepting the bloc's rules on free movement, president Donald Tusk said.

"There will be no single market a la carte," Mr Tusk told a news conference in Brussels after the 27 leaders met without British Prime Minister David Cameron.

He added: "Leaders made it crystal clear today that access to the single market requires acceptance of all four freedoms including freedom of movement."

At an earlier summit meeting …

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