No Deal - EU has cake and eats it

[meridian]

EU moves into crisis mode as it plans for no-deal Brexit | Politics | The Guardian

It was agreed among the member states that for there to be any talks after the UK has crashed out, the bloc’s 27 capitals will expect Downing Street to agree to signal by 18 April that it will pay the £39bn Brexit bill despite the failure of the Commons to ratify the withdrawal agreement.

The terms of the Irish backstop, keeping Northern Ireland in large parts of single market legislation and the EU’s customs territory in order to protect the Good Friday agreement, would remain as the bloc’s solution for avoiding a hard border on the island of Ireland.

The residence rights of citizens and coordination on social security laid out in the withdrawal agreement would also need to be respected.

So all the positives for the EU, but no pesky transition.

[Mordac]

It was agreed among the member states that for there to be any talks after the UK has crashed out, the bloc’s 27 capitals will expect Downing Street to agree to signal by 18 April that it will pay the £39bn Brexit bill despite the failure of the Commons to ratify the withdrawal agreement.

This could get interesting...

[AtW]

This could get interesting...

UK already agreed to pay it, even if not ratified it will be enough for EU court to rule on

[vetran]

UK already agreed to pay it, even if not ratified it will be enough for EU court to rule on

such a pity we will be no longer under their jurisdiction

let them send the NAAFI in!

[AtW]

such a pity we will be no longer under their jurisdiction

Oh yeah, you are right - UK will never trade with EU in the future, no tourists will ever visit it, and no other country that can be leaned on by EU will ever do their bidding in order to make up for their losses.

[Yorkie62]

Oh yeah, you are right - UK will never trade with EU in the future, no tourists will ever visit it, and no other country that can be leaned on by EU will ever do their bidding in order to make up for their losses.

"We'll fight them on the beaches..."

[meridian]

such a pity we will be no longer under their jurisdiction

let them send the NAAFI in!

We may not be under the ECJ, but we will still need to follow their regulations if we want to export goods and services.

The EU insisting on the three strands of the WA before trade talks start even if there is No Deal was easily predictable - I’m certain if you look back on CUK you’ll find posters predicting exactly that.

And, of course, the rest of the world is watching - smaller countries to see whether the U.K. upholds it’s commitments, and larger countries to see just how vulnerable the U.K. is now.

Good thing we still hold all the cards....

[Platypus]

UK already agreed to pay it, even if not ratified it will be enough for EU court to rule on

UK Parliament is sovereign, I seem to recall.

[AtW]

UK Parliament is sovereign, I seem to recall.

Only inside UK, they can’t tel ECJ not follow EU laws