EU officials have derided the British Government’s ‘chaotic’ approach to negotiations and said the much-reviled ‘Swiss mess’ is ‘not on the table’
What brexit negotiations are they talking about?
That was never a realistic idea anyway.
The EU said years ago that it would no longer conclude individual treaties with countries, as the EU did with the Swiss Confederation.
Well there it is, from the horse’s mouth. Being in the Customs Union or Single Market were never an option. So people on Twitter calling for a continuation of that debate can now stop. All those people saying the UK should seek a closer relationship with the EU have got their answer.
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Good. Cut ties with Europe where we can. They’d do well to have us back but we are too culturally un-European for ‘ever closer Union’ to be in our interest. Economic and legal arguments are almost incidental when it comes to a matter of identity
I thought the tories “got Brexit done” and now they were “building back better” silly me.
Good, it is time to stop talking with the EU and start talks of an r/canzuk discussion. UK’s true home lies in the anglosphere, not Europe
Let’s be realistic, it will take a long time for the Brits to figure out what they really want and agree on a strategy a large majority can support. My guess it that at least two general elections are needed. In the meantime we will see more of the same.
There’s no incentive outside the Protocol to even open up the market any further to the UK.
Why do so when EU’s already getting the best deal in town? Because of the risk of immediate shortages (food in particular) UK has and will continue to wave in EU goods with little to no checks. Checks which lead to delays, leading to lower trade flow, leading to aforementioned shortages.
That’s about as open as it can get for the EU, where they get almost pre-Brexit access to UK market without having to give any of their own perks (EU is checking UK goods as a 3rd country, as agreed.) As damaging as this is to UK businesses, government seems fine with it as opposed to the alternative. Immediate food shortages from actually implementing checks.
Nobody wants a a Swiss style deal. Hell the EU doesn’t even want a Swiss style deal with Switzerland.
They couldn’t do it anyway. To have a Swiss style deal you need genius negotiators. Brits don’t have such people.
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EU officials have derided the British Government’s ‘chaotic’ approach to negotiations and said the much-reviled ‘Swiss mess’ is ‘not on the table’
What brexit negotiations are they talking about?
That was never a realistic idea anyway.
The EU said years ago that it would no longer conclude individual treaties with countries, as the EU did with the Swiss Confederation.
Well there it is, from the horse’s mouth. Being in the Customs Union or Single Market were never an option. So people on Twitter calling for a continuation of that debate can now stop. All those people saying the UK should seek a closer relationship with the EU have got their answer.
[deleted]
Good. Cut ties with Europe where we can. They’d do well to have us back but we are too culturally un-European for ‘ever closer Union’ to be in our interest. Economic and legal arguments are almost incidental when it comes to a matter of identity
I thought the tories “got Brexit done” and now they were “building back better” silly me.
Good, it is time to stop talking with the EU and start talks of an r/canzuk discussion. UK’s true home lies in the anglosphere, not Europe
Let’s be realistic, it will take a long time for the Brits to figure out what they really want and agree on a strategy a large majority can support. My guess it that at least two general elections are needed. In the meantime we will see more of the same.
There’s no incentive outside the Protocol to even open up the market any further to the UK.
Why do so when EU’s already getting the best deal in town? Because of the risk of immediate shortages (food in particular) UK has and will continue to wave in EU goods with little to no checks. Checks which lead to delays, leading to lower trade flow, leading to aforementioned shortages.
That’s about as open as it can get for the EU, where they get almost pre-Brexit access to UK market without having to give any of their own perks (EU is checking UK goods as a 3rd country, as agreed.) As damaging as this is to UK businesses, government seems fine with it as opposed to the alternative. Immediate food shortages from actually implementing checks.
Nobody wants a a Swiss style deal. Hell the EU doesn’t even want a Swiss style deal with Switzerland.
They couldn’t do it anyway. To have a Swiss style deal you need genius negotiators. Brits don’t have such people.