The European Union and Britain are set to begin talks on a post-Brexit free-trade deal next month.
There are many contentious issues – and one European minister has predicted that the two sides will „rip each other apart“ before reaching a deal.
The EU will ask UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson to give ancient marble sculptures back to Greece as part of the deal, according to The Times of London.
Greece argues that the Parthenon Marbles, shipped from Athens by the British diplomat Lord Elgin more than 200 years ago, were taken unlawfully and should be returned.
The sculptures, considered one of the great works of ancient civilization, are displayed in a custom-built wing of the British Museum in London.
The European Union will demand that Britain gives a collection of ancient marble sculptures back to Greece as part of a post-Brexit trade deal.
Several senior EU figures including Phil Hogan, the bloc’s head of trade, have expressed doubts that a deal can be struck in so short a timetable. »