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UK can't pick and choose with EU: PM May

The UK can't pick and choose from it's existing relationship with the EU, and must forge an entirely fresh deal, says Prime Minister Theresa May.

British Prime Minister Theresa May
Prime Minister Theresa May says Britain must forge a brand new relationship with the European Union. (AAP)

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Prime Minister Theresa May says Britain must forge a brand new relationship with the European Union, rather than trying to choose parts of its current membership it would like to keep.

"What we need to say is 'we're currently members of the EU, we are going to leave the European Union and we need to negotiate a new relationship with the European Union,'" May told lawmakers on Tuesday.

"It isn't (about) trying to replicate bits of membership, it's about saying what is our new relationship."


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