In November 2017, Davis acknowledged that the negotiations with the EU were difficult, but appealed to European countries not to "put politics above prosperity", implying that by doing so, countries like Germany would harm their own economies.
戴维斯在2017年11月承认，与欧盟的谈判是困难的，但他呼吁欧洲国家不要“把政治置于繁荣之上”，还暗示像德国这样的国家会损害其本国经济。