Airbus CEO Calls Brexit Talks a ‘Disgrace’
Verbal attack from outgoing Airbus CEO adds a significant dose of pressure from the business community
With U.K. lawmakers rejecting Theresa May’s Brexit deal, WSJ’s Stephen Fidler explores what options remain available to the prime minister before the country is scheduled to leave the EU on March 29.
LONDON—Airbus SE, one of Europe’s biggest companies, sharpened its threat to move operations out of the U.K. if politicians couldn’t negotiate a deal to leave the European Union in an orderly fashion.
The verbal attack from outgoing Chief Executive Tom Enders—a frequent and outspoken critic of Brexit—adds a significant dose of fresh pressure from the business community, amid a standstill in London over how to move forward with stalled Brexit plans. The U.K. is slated to leave the EU on March 29, but hasn’t yet agreed to a...