britain left the eu last month and the two sides have been talking tough in the runup to a new round of negotiations montignylebretonneux a hard brexit would be detrimental to the business model of the nissan in europe gianluca de ficchy chairman of the japanese carmaker for europe told reporters on monday britain left the eu last month and the two sides have been talking tough in the runup to a new round of negotiations with the eu demanding farreaching guarantees of fair competition and london saying it would not be bound by the blocs rules on the socalled level playing field without an agreement within an 11month transition period britain could have left the bloc under a scenario known as hard brexit advt renault which is partowned by the french state owns 43 of nissan motor while the japanese company has a 15 stake in the french carmaker read alsonissan honda delay restart of some china plants due to coronavirusnissans new ceo says willing to be fired if no turnaround reuters published on feb 25 2020 at 0939 am ist telegram facebook copy link be the first one to comment comment now comments comment now read comment 1 all comments post post find this comment offensive choose your reason below and click on the submit button this will alert our moderators to take actions reasons for reporting foul language defamatory inciting hatred against a certain community out of context spam others report join the community of 2m industry professionals subscribe to our newsletter to get latest insights analysis download etauto app get realtime updates save your favourite articles scan to download app brexit nissan brexit impact on auto industry european union gianluca de ficchy homenewsa hard brexit detrimental to nissan in europe