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Ahead of Macron's London visit, minister warns France does not rule out a post-Brexit “no deal” with UK
France does not rule out Europe failing to reach a deal on its post-Brexit relationship with Britain but very much wants to avoid such an outcome, its foreign minister was quoted as saying on Tuesday. Read full article
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Disclaimer & comment rulesAhhhh, the penny is starting to drop, touching his concern how we “don’t seem to understand the full meaning of Brexit”.
Jun 17th, 2020 - 09:06 pm - Link - Report abuse +1We keep hearing how “it cannot be the same outside the EU, as inside”, except apparently when it comes to fishing rights, they have to stay the same, outside as in.
Also so do EU regulations, state aid rules and employment and environmental standards apply the same outside as in, including future upgrades.
Not forgetting of course the jurisdiction of the ECJ still applies and the EHR act.
All this before we get to things like future carbon emissions levels.
The EU are currently negotiating on the basis of what they insist must remain the same for the UK outside the EU, as it was in. All the major sticking points are issues where the UK is insisting things have to change.
And someone really needs to explain to these Fraggles that a “Political Declaration” is simply that, a declaration, it doesn’t contain any commitments it is not legally binding in any way.
It is simply the outline starting point for future negotiations, not everything, or indeed anything in the PD, has to be in any final agreement.
Not to mention that much of what they are insisting upon now is not in the PD.
Johnny Foreigner Frog, speak with forked tongue, the sooner we are free of these Shits of the first water, the better.
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