WATCH: Farage slams EU over Gibralta

Nigel Farage says EU are 'behaving like the mafia'

MEPs have voted in favour of a tough line on Brexit negotiations following a debate in Strasbourg in which Nigel Farage was heckled and rebuked for accusing the European Parliament of “behaving like the mafia”.

Britain's former UKIP leader Nigel Farage speaks to members of the European Parliament during a session in Strasbourg, eastern France, Wednesday, April 5, 2017. The European Union's chief negotiator in the upcoming divorce proceedings with Britain says that parallel talks on its exit from the EU and a future trade relationship "is a very risky approach" he is bent on avoiding. (AP Photo/Jean-Francois Badias)placeholder image
Britain's former UKIP leader Nigel Farage speaks to members of the European Parliament during a session in Strasbourg, eastern France, Wednesday, April 5, 2017. The European Union's chief negotiator in the upcoming divorce proceedings with Britain says that parallel talks on its exit from the EU and a future trade relationship "is a very risky approach" he is bent on avoiding. (AP Photo/Jean-Francois Badias)
Britain's former UKIP leader Nigel Farage speaks to members of the European Parliament during a session in Strasbourg, eastern France, Wednesday, April 5, 2017. The European Union's chief negotiator in the upcoming divorce proceedings with Britain says that parallel talks on its exit from the EU and a future trade relationship "is a very risky approach" he is bent on avoiding. (AP Photo/Jean-Francois Badias)placeholder image
Britain's former UKIP leader Nigel Farage speaks to members of the European Parliament during a session in Strasbourg, eastern France, Wednesday, April 5, 2017. The European Union's chief negotiator in the upcoming divorce proceedings with Britain says that parallel talks on its exit from the EU and a future trade relationship "is a very risky approach" he is bent on avoiding. (AP Photo/Jean-Francois Badias)
Britain's former UKIP leader Nigel Farageplaceholder image
Britain's former UKIP leader Nigel Farage
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