City envoy says France wants 'disruptive' Brexit - BBC News

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France hopes that Brexit will weaken Britain and London's role as a financial centre, according to the City of London's envoy to the EU. In a leaked memorandum, Jeremy Browne said French authorities were seeking "Disruption".

"They are crystal clear about their underlying objective: the weakening of Britain, the ongoing degradation of the City of London."

He acknowledged that the French were possibly simply taking tough negotiating positions, the "Bad cop" approach, but said that "Nevertheless ... France sees Britain and the City of London as adversaries, not partners."

"Every country, not unreasonably, is alive to the opportunities that Brexit provides, but the French go further, making a virtue of rejecting a partnership model with Britain and seemingly happy to see outcomes detrimental to the City of London even if Paris is not the beneficiary."

Mr Browne said the mood in France was "More giddy and more assertive" since Emmanuel Macron was elected president in May and that "French representatives [were] currently crashing conspicuously around London, making heroic relocation promises."

"There is plenty of anxiety elsewhere in the EU about the French throwing their weight around so aggressively, but their destructive impulses are not being confined, and other EU countries that want a friendly relationship with Britain and the City of London are being marginalised," he wrote.

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