L’UE blocca i tentativi della Gran Bretagna di unirsi al blocco commerciale pan-europeo
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di ruggersyah
L’UE blocca i tentativi della Gran Bretagna di unirsi al blocco commerciale pan-europeo
https://www.ft.com/content/0cb56d25-b08a-42cc-83bf-2979208a6745
di ruggersyah
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Honestly it’s all so predictable.
1. EU acts in the best interests of the EU. That’s what it’s there to do.
2. Idiots who supported brexit complain because we’re treated like we’re not in the EU any more.
3. Not being in the EU any more is bad for us.
4. Labour acknowledge this but won’t do anything about it because … actually, got no idea about this one.
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For anyone who doesn’t read the article or know what it is, have a read of this https://ukandeu.ac.uk/explainers/explainer-the-pan-euro-mediterranean-pem-convention/
It is currently used by a group of nations including the Tunisia, Egypt and Israel.
It is not exactly an idea of rejoining parts of the EU.
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Brussels indicated previously that it was open to the UK joining PEM, but has since gone cold on the idea, arguing that it wants to stick closely to the agreements proposed in the “common understanding” set out between the two sides at the May 18 summit.
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Why was it not part of negotiations before? WTH are the Foreign Office and the PM doing?
Starmer may *seem* more pro than previous Tory PMs, but he’s still not great and he never gets much. We were so used to abyssmal mediocrity that we think a bad chief diplomat is good enough…
The bar needs to be higher
Why do we keep trying to enter deals with the EU?
Either have a referendum or focus on entering deals with countries that want to deal with us. The EU must chuckle whenever we try to negotiate things with them.
What flavour sovereign-tea are the brits drinking this week? Camomile, jasmine, or maybe some Unaccountabili-tea.
Brexit means Brexit.
Which means we eat shit because Baza from bumfuck nowhere has a paranoia about boats.
I for one am shocked, that after burning the bridges with the EU, they are reluctant to go into another trading partnership that the UK might decide on a whim to fuck up again and make everyone else’s life harder.
This is the key bit:
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The PEM convention is an agreement between the EU and 20 other countries in Africa and the Middle East that allows inputs for manufacturing supply chains to be sourced across multiple countries in order to qualify for low-tariff access to markets under free trade agreements.
This is called diagonal accumulation for rules of origin, and it is not part of our TCA. It would help our automotive industry significantly, but the EU obviously did not agree to it in 2020, and they do not now.
If we want these benefits, we will have to join the Single Market.
Meanwhile in Britain:
‘Why don’t we just rejoin the EU? Is Britain stupid??’
I’m as pro-EU as anyone, but time to realise that burned bridges don’t un-burn themselves. Best we can do now is be the best friend and partner to Europe we can. And we can do this by giving Canada, Australia and NZ something other than US overlordship. (And ourselves for that matter)
Brexit means brexit.
You all knew what you were voting for.