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		</div><p>Boris Johnson has been warned by senior figures in Brussels that failing to pay the £39bn divorce bill would damage relations between the UK and the European Union and jeopardise future trade talks.</p>
<p>The British Prime Minister has said that if there is a no-deal Brexit “the £39bn is no longer legally pledged” to the EU.</p>
<p>But officials in Brussels said the UK must honour commitments made during its EU membership and pointedly said that “settling accounts is essential to starting off a new relationship on the right foot”.</p>
<p>European Commission spokeswoman Mina Andreeva said: <em>“All commitments that were taken by the 28 member states should be honoured and this is also and especially true in a no-deal scenario where the UK would be expected to continue to honour all commitments made during EU membership.</em></p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">If the UK doesn&#39;t pay what is due, the EU will not negotiate a trade deal. After a ";no deal";, this will be a first condition of any talks. Britain is better than this.<a href="https://t.co/BsbRRYdTPS">https://t.co/BsbRRYdTPS</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Guy Verhofstadt (@guyverhofstadt) <a href="https://twitter.com/guyverhofstadt/status/1165913301030768640?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 26, 2019</a></p></blockquote>
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<p><em>“Rather than going now into a judicial action threat, I think it is important to make clear that settling accounts is essential to starting off a new relationship on the right foot based on mutual trust.</em></p>
<p><em>“I would also say that as far as I understand this issue has not been raised with the EU side, for the time being, officially.”</em></p>
<p>Guy Verhofstadt, the European Parliament’s Brexit co-ordinator, said: <em>“If the UK doesn’t pay what is due, the EU will not negotiate a trade deal.</em></p>
<p><em>“After a ‘no deal’, this will be a first condition of any talks. Britain is better than this.”</em></p>
<p>Mr Johnson said on Sunday that there would be “very substantial sums” available from the £39bn to spend on domestic priorities if there was a no-deal Brexit.</p>
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