What else do you expect from the Eurocrats?
This sort of buffoonery is why the EU should be disbanded and forgotten as a very bad idea - it is a bunch of middle managers who somehow got themselves into positions of power well beyond their capabilities and now use any means necessary to keep control.
And before any Remoaners start ranting about how wonderful the whole thing is and how stupid we are to leave, remember this - negotiations rely on two sides engaging in reasonable dialogue so don't blame the UK government when the Eurocrats refuse to do anything except repeat endlessly the same demand that we give them practically everything and they give us virtually nothing that they have been making since the whole Article 50 debacle started. That they think it acceptable to offer worse terms than standard WTO terms to someone who, just a few months ago, was supposedly such a vital part of their organisation shows what a bunch of childish, petulant brats they really are - and certainly not a group that should be ruining what should be one of, if not the, biggest economy on the planet.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
