Brexit Talks Should Be ‘Pragmatic,’ Latvia Foreign Minister Says
- Hard Brexit isn’t good option for U.K. and EU, Rinkevics says
- Latvians living in the U.K. should be able to remain
Edgars Rinkevics.
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U.K. and European Union talks over Britain’s departure from the EU should be pragmatic and not ideological because a “hard Brexit” isn’t to either sides advantage, Latvian Foreign Minister Edgars Rinkevics said.
Latvia is willing to allow some flexibility in negotiations on free movement and the single market between the U.K. and the bloc, Rinkevics said Thursday in an interview at Bloomberg’s headquarters in New York. The U.K. should remain in the EU’s single market, while the status of Latvians living in Britain shouldn’t change after it leaves the bloc, he added.