Then, of course, it will be perfectly OK for the EU to unilaterally suspend other bits of the agreement and otherwise retaliate against this gross breach of the treaties. Think punitive tariffs on imports from the UK, reversal of equivalence decisions, suspension of various access / travel / commercial agreements, …
Make no mistake: the EU will strangle UK exports by cutting off access to its market before it will even consider renegotiating the protocol or put up a customs border around Northern Ireland. Does the UK really want to start a trade war it can not possibly win? Does it want to cut itself off from the rest of Europe? Does it really want to trash what is left of its reputation among what once were its closest allies? Or is this simply a case where the interests of the rulers radically diverges from that of the population?
If the UK rejects a relationship based on laws and rules, then it will end up with one based on economic and political pressure. The end result will be a disaster for the UK as it is by far the weaker party, and the consequences will haunt it for decades to come. The only people who have anything to gain from this are UK politicians seeking conflict abroad as a distraction from their own failures.
The UK government: ignoring the problem we created until it goes away
Nice so unscrupulous vendors can export us their sub standard and counterfeit goods and were not going to check for them. Succulent horsemeat anyone?
>EU and Irish leaders hope the chance for the rift to be healed will be seized after the powerful reminders this week of the Queen’s role in reconciliation in Ireland
She visited Dublin, once, in 2011. A nice gesture sure but let’s keep the historical revisionism in check please.
Lol goodbye horizon science funding, the EU are going to tear us a new one
I do think this is the only way forward, short of rejoing the eu. If the eu wants a border in Ireland let them put it up
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Then, of course, it will be perfectly OK for the EU to unilaterally suspend other bits of the agreement and otherwise retaliate against this gross breach of the treaties. Think punitive tariffs on imports from the UK, reversal of equivalence decisions, suspension of various access / travel / commercial agreements, …
Make no mistake: the EU will strangle UK exports by cutting off access to its market before it will even consider renegotiating the protocol or put up a customs border around Northern Ireland. Does the UK really want to start a trade war it can not possibly win? Does it want to cut itself off from the rest of Europe? Does it really want to trash what is left of its reputation among what once were its closest allies? Or is this simply a case where the interests of the rulers radically diverges from that of the population?
If the UK rejects a relationship based on laws and rules, then it will end up with one based on economic and political pressure. The end result will be a disaster for the UK as it is by far the weaker party, and the consequences will haunt it for decades to come. The only people who have anything to gain from this are UK politicians seeking conflict abroad as a distraction from their own failures.
The UK government: ignoring the problem we created until it goes away
Nice so unscrupulous vendors can export us their sub standard and counterfeit goods and were not going to check for them. Succulent horsemeat anyone?
>EU and Irish leaders hope the chance for the rift to be healed will be seized after the powerful reminders this week of the Queen’s role in reconciliation in Ireland
She visited Dublin, once, in 2011. A nice gesture sure but let’s keep the historical revisionism in check please.
Lol goodbye horizon science funding, the EU are going to tear us a new one
I do think this is the only way forward, short of rejoing the eu. If the eu wants a border in Ireland let them put it up