EC: The EU is ready for Hard Brexit, but the UK will suffer most from this option

The European Commission said that the European Union is ready for a Hard Brexit and that the UK will suffer most from this option. The EC does not currently consider it necessary to take any further steps to prepare for such a scenario, said the EC spokeswoman Natasha Berto at a briefing.

“This (Brexit without a deal) will obviously cause great difficulties for both citizens and companies, with significant economic negative consequences. However, they will be felt much more severely in the UK than in the 27 member states of the European Union”, points out Natasha Berto. “According to European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker, if it came to a Hard Brexit, the British would lose the most”, added she.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is under increasing pressure to put an early end to a parliamentary vacation. The requests relating to government documents leaked in the public media warning of mass shortages of goods. Economists have long warned of such a bleak scenario, but Brexit supporters have rejected forecasts and say it is an attempt to panic.

The opposition Labor Party will do everything it can to prevent Brexit without a deal on October 31, said its leader Jeremy Corbyn.

Jeremy Corbyn urged the opponents of Hard Brexit in parliament to vote to overthrow the government through a no-confidence vote so the Labor Party could form a temporary government to thwart the European Union’s exit from the deal.