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Originally Posted by Hugh

I looked up "intransigence", and couldn't find a defintion that included "expecting signatories to a treaty to fulfill the conditions of that treaty" or "not allowing a signatory to a treaty to breach the treaty unilaterally"...

Your sarcasm precedes you.

That definition you (didn't) looked up, adequately covers the inability/unwillingness of the EU to act reasonably in the light of our difficulties.
After all, aren't they supposed to be "our friends in Europe"? Well they're not and something has to be done about it as there is no good faith in the relationship from their side.

I remind you, we are only asking for an extended grace period to get our processes etc working in accordance with the treaty.