Brexit: EU will take UK to International Court if it refuses to pay £50bn divorce bill, 'leaked document' says. The EU will take Britain to the International Court of Justice if it tries to walk away without paying an estimated £50bn ‘divorce bill’, a leak of its negotiating strategy says.
The draft plan – obtained by a Dutch newspaper – threatens a long legal battle at The Hague to grab back what the EU regards as the UK’s liabilities for its 43-year membership. “In that case it is: see you in The Hague!” Outside the EU, we should aim to copy Switzerland, not Norway. Either would be an improvement, but the Swiss do best Supporters of EU membership keep warning that we might end up like Norway.
Oslo, they tell us in scary voices, is 'governed by fax'. Its leaders, apparently, are sitting by their fax machines waiting for the latest directives to flop through from Brussels.