Berlin Thursday called on London to adopt a "more realistic approach" in the post-Brexit negotiations that are currently in deadlock.
Speaking at the Center for European Policy Studies, German Ambassador to the European Union Michael Klaus said that the British could not preserve "full sovereignty and full access to the European single market".
Negotiations between the British and Europeans resumed on Tuesday for a week via video on the post-Brexit relationship, after they separated on January 31.
The UK has since entered a transitional period, during which European rules are still being applied, expiring on December 31, and the British government has so far refused to submit a request by the end of June for an extension of one or two years.
A mini-summit bringing together British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, European Commission President Ursula von der Line and the European Council will assess the discussions this month.
The European Union's chief negotiator on Brexit Michel Barnier said on Tuesday that the new week of talks was "crucial to achieving concrete progress". He will have to present an evaluation of this tour Friday at a press conference.
The British want to reach a trade agreement with the Europeans "zero share, zero tariff", which Brussels stipulated that they obtain it on condition that a number of guarantees, especially in relation to competition, be provided so that it does not find an unorganized economy on its borders.
The slow discussions that are hindered by the issue of marine fishing also prevent the reaching of an agreement.
The European food industry warned Thursday in a statement of the "potentially dire consequences" of "disagreement", especially with regard to job opportunities.
Trade in agricultural food trade between the European Union and the United Kingdom reached 58 billion euros in 2019, according to Food Drink Europe (European Food and Beverage Industry) and Cuba Kojica (the main agricultural union in the European Union).
These organizations called on negotiators to "consider alternative and temporary arrangements" for 2021 in the event that the agreement was impossible this year, adding "we regret that the British government is currently opposed to any extension of the transitional period."
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