How should the EU react to Britain’s general election?

The EU-27 can force Britain’s politicians to acknowledge Brexit’s trade-offs, by offering the British four options from which it must choose.

The four options would be:

1) for Britain to remain in the EU on pre-renegotiation terms;
2) for Britain to join the European Economic Area;
3) for Britain to leave the single market and negotiate a trade agreement;
4) for Britain to leave the EU with no trade deal and no transitional arrangement in place.

• Primary Source

ESO: Background information: The Brexit negotiations: Issues for the first phase http://www.europeansources.info/record/the-brexit-negotiations-issues-for-the-first-phase/

ESO: In Focus: Brexit - The United Kingdom and the European Union http://www.europeansources.info/record/brexit-the-united-kingdom-and-the-european-union/

Chatham House: Expert Comment, 23.06.17: Britain's Key Task Is to Achieve a Soft Transition to a Hard Brexit https://www.chathamhouse.org/expert/comment/britains-key-task-achieve-soft-transition-hard-brexit

ESO: Background information: Manufacturers call for Brexit strategy rethink http://www.europeansources.info/record/manufacturers-call-for-brexit-strategy-rethink/

ESO: Key source: United Kingdom: Parliamentary Election, 8 June 2017 http://www.europeansources.info/record/united-kingdom-general-election-2017/

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