Britain showing too little realism over EU talks - German minister

FILE PHOTO - Minister of State for Europe at the German Federal Foreign Office Michael Roth gives a statement for the media, prior to a video conference of the European Union's General Affairs Council, at the foreign ministry in Berlin, Germany June 16, 2020. Markus Schreiber/Pool via REUTERS

BERLIN (Reuters) - Talks on Britain's future relationship with the European Union will be a major topic of bloc business from September, but until now Britain has shown insufficient realism about what can be achieved, Germany's Europe Minister Michael Roth said.

Roth was speaking before a meeting of the bloc's foreign ministers, which he will chair, since Germany holds the EU's rotating presidency until the end of the year.