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04 January 2018

The Telegraph: Emmanuel Macron warns against 'prisoner's dilemma' splits in EU over Brexit negotiations


President Emmanuel Macron of France has warned of the risk of splits emerging between EU states over Brexit negotiations in an implicit admission that Europe's "united front" over phase two of talks is under threat.

Speaking to The Telegraph at the Elysée Palace, Mr Macron warned fellow EU leaders not to fall for the "prisoner's dilemma" - a notorious paradox in game theory in which two parties act out of individual self-interest and both lose out in the process.

Mr Macron's comments were a French clarion call for unity as Brussels pleads with the remaining 27 EU states not to allow individual self-interest to trump common goals in the coming trade negotiations.

His remarks came despite France aggressively prosecuting its own Brexit agenda to erode UK dominance in financial services [...]

Full article on The Telegraph



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