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Originally Posted by mrmistoffelees
Honestly ? Considering the ineptitude of the recent Tory governments and the lack of future premise from any of the political parties, why not ?
Didn’t we also have a veto ? That could be used in rules and regulations ?
I guess the question I want to ask is, what signs or evidence is there that any future government will be able to perform better in trade negotiations?
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Well naturally, lurking behind a lot of Europhilia is a belief that we’re somehow not up to the task of governing ourselves and we need the EU to bypass our own second rate governments. It’s a self-defeating position I find impossible to get behind. We can govern ourselves well because we have done in the past. There is nothing in our national psyche that absolutely prevents it, except perhaps the lingering sense of dependency on the EU that should hopefully wane in time.
And no, we did not have a veto on EU trade negotiations. Most decisions are taken by QMV since Lisbon. Cameron’s exceptionally rare use of a veto in the Council was in the area of financial regulation, one of the few areas where the veto still exists.