国际英语资讯:Spotlight: EU says Brexit transition period should end on Dec. 31, 2020
<p><span word="BRUSSELS">BRUSSELS</span>, <span word="Dec">Dec</span>. 20-- <span word="The">The</span> <span word="European">European</span> <span word="Commission">Commission</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Wednesday">Wednesday</span> <span word="recommended">recommended</span> <span word="draft">draft</span> <span word="negotiating">negotiating</span> <span word="directives">directives</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="General">General</span> <span word="Affairs">Affairs</span> <span word="Council">Council</span> (<span word="Article">Article</span> 50) <span word="for">for</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="next">next</span> <span word="phase">phase</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Brexit">Brexit</span> <span word="negotiations">negotiations</span>, <span word="calling">calling</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="transitional">transitional</span> <span word="period">period</span> <span word="requested">requested</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="Britain">Britain</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="conclude">conclude</span> <span word="before">before</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="end">end</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="December">December</span> 2020.</p><p><span word="Supplementing">Supplementing</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="negotiating">negotiating</span> <span word="directives">directives</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="May">May</span> 2017, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="draft">draft</span> <span word="negotiating">negotiating</span> <span word="directives">directives</span> <span word="set">set</span> <span word="out">out</span> <span word="additional">additional</span> <span word="details">details</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="possible">possible</span> <span word="transitional">transitional</span> <span word="arrangements">arrangements</span>.</p><p><span word="NO">NO</span> <span word="CHERRY">CHERRY</span> <span word="PICKING">PICKING</span></p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="directive">directive</span> <span word="says">says</span> <span word="no">no</span> "<span word="cherry">cherry</span> <span word="picking">picking</span>" <span word="would">would</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="allowed">allowed</span>. <span word="During">During</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="transition">transition</span>, <span word="Britain">Britain</span> <span word="would">would</span> <span word="continue">continue</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="participate">participate</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Customs">Customs</span> <span word="Union">Union</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Single">Single</span> <span word="Market">Market</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="all">all</span> <span word="four">four</span> <span word="freedoms">freedoms</span> -- <span word="free">free</span> <span word="movement">movement</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="goods">goods</span>, <span word="services">services</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="capital">capital</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="labor">labor</span>.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="Union">Union</span> <span word="acquis">acquis</span> <span word="should">should</span> <span word="continue">continue</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="apply">apply</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="full">full</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Britain">Britain</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="if">if</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="European">European</span> <span word="Union">Union</span> (<span word="EU">EU</span>) <span word="member">member</span> <span word="state">state</span>. <span word="Any">Any</span> <span word="changes">changes</span> <span word="made">made</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="acquis">acquis</span> <span word="during">during</span> <span word="this">this</span> <span word="time">time</span> <span word="should">should</span> <span word="automatically">automatically</span> <span word="apply">apply</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="Britain">Britain</span>, <span word="said">said</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="directive">directive</span>.</p><p><span word="Meanwhile">Meanwhile</span>, <span word="during">during</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="transition">transition</span> <span word="period">period</span>, <span word="all">all</span> <span word="existing">existing</span> <span word="Union">Union</span> <span word="regulatory">regulatory</span>, <span word="budgetary">budgetary</span>, <span word="supervisory">supervisory</span>, <span word="judiciary">judiciary</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="enforcement">enforcement</span> <span word="instruments">instruments</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="structures">structures</span> <span word="will">will</span> <span word="apply">apply</span>, <span word="including">including</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="competence">competence</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="European">European</span> <span word="Courts">Courts</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Justice">Justice</span> (<span word="ECJ">ECJ</span>).</p><p><span word="Britain">Britain</span> <span word="will">will</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="third">third</span> <span word="country">country</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="March">March</span> 30, 2019. <span word="As">As</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="result">result</span>, <span word="it">it</span> <span word="will">will</span> <span word="no">no</span> <span word="longer">longer</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="represented">represented</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="EU">EU</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="institutions">institutions</span>, <span word="agencies">agencies</span>, <span word="bodies">bodies</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="offices">offices</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="directive">directive</span> <span word="added">added</span>.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="recommendation">recommendation</span> <span word="also">also</span> <span word="recalled">recalled</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="need">need</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="translate">translate</span> <span word="into">into</span> <span word="legal">legal</span> <span word="terms">terms</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="results">results</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="first">first</span> <span word="phase">phase</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="negotiations">negotiations</span>, <span word="as">as</span> <span word="outlined">outlined</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Commission">Commission</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="Communication">Communication</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="Joint">Joint</span> <span word="Report">Report</span>, <span word="according">according</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="press">press</span> <span word="release">release</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="EU">EU</span>.</p>
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