LONDON: The European Union will make Brexit "very painful" for Britain, Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico said in an interview published Monday, adding that London was "bluffing" over its pre-Brexit negotiating power.

"The EU will take this opportunity to show the public: 'Listen guys, now you will see why it is important to stay in the EU'. This will be the position," Fico, whose country currently holds the rotating EU presidency, told the Financial Times.

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