LONDON — It used to be one of the iron laws of Brexit. Not anymore.
The EU has officially retired its “no cherry-picking” line in dealings with the U.K. — after nearly a decade of using it to torment British prime ministers.
The phrase — a favorite of Brussels’ hardball negotiator Michel Barnier — cast the bloc’s single market as an indivisible monolith.
EU officially retires its ‘no cherry-picking’ Brexit line – POLITICO
