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Old 27-06-2016, 12:24   #465
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Re: Post-Brexit Thread
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Originally Posted by Ignitionnet View Post
Continuing to trade is going by the book.

Informing you'd like a free trade agreement isn't fear mongering.

Refusing to discuss said agreements unofficially is going by the book.

I would speculate that Merkel was aware her spokesman would release that statement. The two aren't contradictory.

EDIT: I think it comes down to making clear to the UK that while we're a valued partner we aren't going to get special treatment. They have to tread that line and balance economic interests in continuing to trade with us unhindered with the wider political message being too nice to us would send.
Thanks for clarifying that.

I suspect it might be a bit too late for the EU to worry about the wider political message given that there is already unrest and anti-EU feelings in a number of EU countries as demonstrated in the Euro MEP elections.
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