"We should not wait for any favors when negotiating with the European Union. The EU indeed wants this divorce to be as painful as possible. What they are trying to do… they are trying to frighten the people because they can feel that other members want to leave the bloc as well," Wood said.
Member of the UK parliament's Committee on Exiting the European Union Sammy Wilson told Sputnik on Thursday that while the European Union would initially make unreasonable demands to the United Kingdom during the Brexit negotiations, reason would ultimately have to prevail.
Earlier in March, European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker reiterated the Commission's demand for the United Kingdom to pay some 60 billion euros ($64.3 billion) in accordance with calculations related to the EU-UK "divorce bill."
"I am sure that initially they [the EU] will try to make the negotiations difficult with impossible demands eg [for example] 60bn euros bill but eventually sense will prevail as the EU has too much to lose," Wilson said.
According to the politician, Brussels is attempting to endanger Brexit's smooth transition by sowing discord between the UK and Scotland, and by "playing on the SNP government’s obsession with its own political aims and its own priority of independence."
The island nation's decision to leave the bloc has been repeatedly criticized by Scottish politicians, including First Minister of Scotland Nicola Sturgeon who claim that the outcome of the vote neglected Edinburgh's will to stay in the European Union. On Tuesday, the devolved parliament voted in favor of a bid to hold a referendum on gaining independence from the United Kingdom against the backdrop of Brexit.
"I have no doubt that Ms. Sturgeon from Scotland, who now wants to have another Scottish referendum, being promised handsomely by the EU," Wood claimed.
Following the delivery of Brexit letter to Brussels, a number of EU leaders and officials warned that the procedure would hurt the United Kingdom. This group includes French President Francois Hollande, who promised London an "economically painful" divorce, and EU parliament chief negotiator Guy Verhofstadt, who said lawmakers would veto the Brexit deal if it proved too generous.
