Germany needs post-Brexit E.U. trade deal with Britain to minimise own economy fallout, minister warns

Germany needs a “comprehensive” new trade E.U. deal with the U.K. after Brexit to minimise the potential fallout for its own economy, a leading politician has warned.
Ilse Aigner, the Bavarian economy minister, said that Brexit poses a “high risk” to the economy and argued that the U.K. is one of the “most important trading partners for Bavaria“, one of Germany’s most prosperous states.
Ministers were encouraged last week after Angela Merkel suggested that she was willing to compromise on free movement in the wake of Brexit.
In comments seen as a significant shift, the German Chancellor suggested that the European Union needs to ‘discuss further’ the rules around freedom of movement.

This post was published at The Telegraph