Thread: UK & EU Agree Post-Brexit Trade Deal
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Old 27-10-2019, 00:26   #1694
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Re: Brexit Development(s) Discussion
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Originally Posted by Sephiroth View Post
[COLOR="Blue"]You've made a selective misrepresentation. Nomad's sentence was:

"If the EU was ever to introduce something that was actually beneficial to businesses, they wouldn't want anybody else to introduce it. The aim is to put the same restrictions on EU businesses, that the French and Germans put on their own businesses. They don't want anybody else to have an economic advantage over them."

i.e. by introducing 4 weeks annual leave and a maximum 48 hour week across the EU, they wanted to ensure that the level playing field was maintained - something anti-competitive. "Luckily" we gained an opt-out.
If we could exceed said benefits I’d be at the front of the queue. However they have no legal standing in the absence of a prevailing Act of Parliament.
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