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Anders Vistisen said the union risks being “overshadowed and left behind” if it continues to hit out at the UK for voting to leave. The Vice Chair of the European Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee, took a swipe at the EU’s chief Brexit negotiator Guy “Mr Brexit” Verhofstadt who called Theresa May’s pledge to deliver a new EU trade deal by 2019 “impossible”. He warned if the EU does not “appreciate and work constructively with the UK’s objectives” it risks being overcome by popular discontent and “Denmark could well be the next country to leave the bloc”.

Getty Anders Vistisen (l) has hit out at the EU for making Brexit difficult for the UK

Denmark could well be the next country to leave the bloc Anders Vistisen

Writing on Brexit Central, he said: “Dozens of countries have already been lining up to do free trade deals with Britain. “In order to avoid being overshadowed and left behind, the European Union should stop talking about Brexit in a negative and defensive way. “It is high time that it abandons its arrogance and faces the reality as it is, not as it wishes it to be.

Getty European Commission President Jean Claude Juncker has been outspoken in his anger about Brexit

“I believe that the EU has to make every effort to negotiate a good and fair trade deal with the UK. “The EU has to become fully aware of the fact that a good trade deal is beneficial – not only to the UK, but also to all EU Member States.”

The Danish People’s Party MEP added the UK will “stay part of Europe, whether the EU likes it or not” so cutting historical, military and economic ties would “simply be catastrophic for both players”. He said an ongoing battles over trade and more would have “no winners” which is why the EU needs to make “every effort” to ensure there is mutual satisfaction.

Getty Danish PM Lars Løkke Rasmussen has been a strong supporter of Theresa May

Getty EU bosses have been "arrogant" in their Brexit dealings, the Danish MEP said

The UK should be able to buy itself into schemes beneficial to both sides, such as the Erasmus student exchange programme, although he admitted the UK Government has to take that decision as well. With regards to Denmark, he said its trade relationship with the UK is “important” and the two countries are closely linked.

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