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Re: Britain outside the EU
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Originally Posted by Sephiroth
There is a wider point in my argument, Jon.
The EU itself is reflecting on how to avoid another exit and what it was about the EU that was unattractive to the UK. Barnier has very recently said as much:
https://www.politico.eu/article/mich...racy-brussels/
He also said (my emphasis added):
I've not seen any EU muscle on Russia, China, USA, maybe you have, Jon. Indeed, quite the contrary:
a) German dependence on Russian gas;
b) EU has signed an investment agreement with China ;
c) EU/US relations are all over the place. https://ecfr.eu/publication/the-cris...idens-america/ A small extract below:
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- Europeans’ attitudes towards the United States have undergone a massive change. Majorities in key member states now think the US political system is broken, and that Europe cannot just rely on the US to defend it.
- They evaluate the EU and/or their own countries’ systems much more positively than that of the US – and look to Berlin rather than Washington as the most important partner
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You are quoting "a pan-European survey of more than 15,000 people in 11 countries", not any EU politicians. They are reflecting on the previous 4 years of "USA First" and almost Isolationism, and fear a return to that sort of approach again.
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Over six in ten respondents across the 11 surveyed countries believe that the US political system is completely or somewhat broken,
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---------- Post added at 19:21 ---------- Previous post was at 19:17 ----------
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Originally Posted by OLD BOY
The key words being ‘the way the Northern Ireland Protocol is currently operating’. The EU is clearly not helping to make this agreement work.
Contrast this with the flexibility just shown to the French fishermen in the Jersey dispute. It was discovered in those talks that the French authorities had not told the fishermen about the documentation required so they have now been advised and given extra time to comply. Now that’s the friendly and co-operative approach.
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Got a link for that, please?
All I can did is this
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The UK says it informed the European Commission about the new licences - but the Commission says this happened only one day before they came into effect, giving no time for any discussion.
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