[Merged]Brexit stuff (part 2)

[sasguru]

Boris is already focusing on his post-political career.

Boris holds book signing event in Serbia

Establishment figure using his position to line his pockets.
No way that could be true because he's a "man of the people" Brexiter. Not an establishment figure at all. No sirree.
Taking back control.

[d000hg]

The only option is hard brexit.

The EU27 will not give us anything else.

Sure they will. They'll let us stay in the market in return for freedom of immigration. i.e. everything is the same but the name.

[NickFitz]

Theresa May’s Brexit Problem

Discuss. Or heap abuse on one another's heads while ignoring all the salient points. Whatever floats your boat

[NotAllThere]

Theresa May’s Brexit Problem

Discuss. Or heap abuse on one another's heads while ignoring all the salient points. Whatever floats your boat

Don't confuse people with logical reasoning and facts.

[darmstadt]

Don't confuse people with logical reasoning and facts.

Please do, I like the way that their heads go bright red, steam comes out of their orifices and they explode. I call it 'Righteous Eugenics'

[shaunbhoy]

Please do, I like the way that their heads go bright red, steam comes out of their orifices and they explode. I call it 'Righteous Eugenics'

You display all the hallmarks of a troubled genius darmstadt.................minus the genius part, obviously.

[Paddy]

May’s Plans for Quick Brexit Trade Deal Muddied by EU Court View

May’s Plans for Quick Brexit Trade Deal Muddied by EU Court View

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/artic...lues-on-brexit

An opinion by the European Union’s top court on Wednesday may pave the way for an important Brexit precedent after it said that ratification by EU institutions isn’t enough to pass a trade deal with Singapore.

For U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May, the implications could be big. The EU Court of Justice advocate-general’s view that member states must also approve the accord with the Asian city state means May might have to negotiate with 27 other national parliaments and in some cases their regional lawmakers if she wants a wide-ranging trade agreement with the bloc. So much for her plan to wrap up talks in 18 months.

The Court opinion gives “a sense of the legal gymnastics that are involved in EU trade policy, and which may also need to be deployed in U.K.-EU talks,” said Aarti Shankar, policy analyst at the London-based Open Europe think tank.

The decision might just shatter any illusions that the U.K. can secure a swift and favorable exit out of the bloc. Anti-free trade populists are gaining ground in Europe and agreements are becoming increasingly difficult to bring to completion. For evidence look no further than the Belgian region of Wallonia, which alone held back a long-awaited deal with Canada.

While the opinion is non-binding until a final ruling in several months’ time, the Luxembourg-based court follows such legal advice in the majority of cases. It’ll still be up to the EU to decide how any future U.K. deal is ratified, depending on its content. The U.K. may still argue that its case is different because it’s moving away from the EU rather than setting up a new relationship.

The legal case hinges on the extent to which the trade deal with Singapore, under negotiation since 2010, contains elements that remain the authority of nations rather than the centralized bloc. Advocate General Eleanor Sharpston said that some aspects, such as dispute settlement, labor and environmental standards and trade in air transport services, fall under national jurisdiction, so countries must also ratify it.
“While the Advocate General notes that difficulties may arise from a ratification process involving all of the member states alongside the EU, she considers that that cannot affect the question of who has competence to conclude the agreement,” the Court said in a statement.

Things would be better for May if the court ultimately goes against the non-binding opinion and rules that the EU is able to approve the Singapore deal on its own. That would increase the odds of the U.K. getting an agreement that is wide in scope but doesn’t need to go through so many hoops.

“After seeing the instability surrounding approval of the EU-Canada deal, which is still to be ratified, the U.K. may be seeking a way to avoid the lengthy process of national ratification and fast-track a U.K.-EU deal,” said Shankar.

[PurpleGorilla]

May’s Plans for Quick Brexit Trade Deal Muddied by EU Court View

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/artic...lues-on-brexit

I've no doubt that all 27 need to sign it off, as well as the regional and local government groups.

Which is why it is either 1) hard brexit, 2) purgatory indefinite transitional astrangement.

[vetran]

Don't confuse people with logical reasoning and facts.Its not the Bremainer way, just deny everything & call them Cretins

FTFY

[PurpleGorilla]

Something for everyone here:

https://www.theguardian.com/politics...e_iOSApp_Other