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Originally Posted by nomadking
UK position
What is wrong with that, especially as it's the same sort of agreement the EU already has with other coastal non-EU states.
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What's wrong with it is that the EU hasn't internalised the reality that the UK is leaving the EU. They still think it's about removing the flag and the MEPs; they still think that British citizens don't really understand, or have any serious objection to, the influence the EU has had over our domestic affairs through mechanisms like the CFP and internal market rules. They therefore reason that we can be allowed to remove the flags and the MEPs, but that it is an entirely fair and reasonable aim to continue to lock the UK into their regulatory frameworks. Essentially, they want BRINO, to the maximum extent they can get away with. It's the absolute ultimate prize if they can get away with it, because it means they get all of the above while we lose the ability to be obstructive (or, perhaps, the voice of reason) in their various summits and committees.