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Originally Posted by ianch99
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Daily Telegraph
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The EU is preparing to impose punitive conditions on Britain as its price for agreeing a Brexit delay if Theresa May is forced to ask for an extension this week.
Member states are “hardening” their attitudes towards a delay and will demand “legal and financial conditions” including a multi-billion pound increase to the £39bn divorce payment.
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It's probable that the other article came as a result of the one in the Daily Telegraph.
The Independent from over a year ago.
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One EU official close to talks told The Independent the financial settlement would “of course” have to be renegotiated if the transition extended into the next budget period, while another added: “Britain will have to pay for any transition beyond 2020, probably annual payments with no rebate.”
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IE £350m/week=£18.2bn/year.