EU warns Britain on life after Brexit

By Simon Sturdee with Michael Thurston in London, AFP Britain got its first taste Wednesday of a future outside the EU as Europe’s leaders met without premier David Cameron and warned London must accept EU migrants to win access to the bloc’s free trade zone. European leaders gathering without a British representative for the first time in 40 years poured cold water on the chance of Britain gaining no-strings-attached access to the huge EU single market of 500 million people. EU president Donald Tusk. Photo courtesy of ansesnet.com “Leaders made it crystal clear today that access to the single market requires acceptance of all four freedoms, including freedom of movement,” EU president Donald Tusk told a news conference. The statement was a blow to “Brexit” campaigners, who promised to restrict large-scale EU migration to Britain while assuring British companies would still be able to easily sell goods and services to [...]