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I assume "free trade" is possible without allowing open immigration...

• socialist_coder 10y ago
  It's not, the EU has said so multiple times. http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/jul/21/may-gets-hollande-ultimatum-free-trade-depends-on-free-movement http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/jul/21/may-gets-hol... https://infacts.org/mythbusts/uk-wont-single-market-without-free-movement/ https://infacts.org/mythbusts/uk-wont-single-market-without-... http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/theresa-may-warned-free-trade-brexit-deal-without-cutting-immigration-is-pie-in-the-sky-a7150351.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/theresa-may-wa... The EU does not allow member countries to negotiate trade deals privately. All trade deals must go through the EU, which means any trade deals applies to all EU countries. It's an all or nothing thing. So even though Poland might want to allow free trade with the UK, they simply cannot do it. It must go through the EU, and the EU has said very strongly that they will not allow it. Free trade means free movement. No exceptions. Once you understand that, the Brexit is just even stupid to consider.
• atemerev 10y ago
  No, it isn't. At this point, the mass immigration is actually unstoppable. It could be managed when people got information about foreign countries from state-controlled (or aligned) media. Now, when everybody and his dog are on the Internet, they can see what life in other countries actually is. And want a piece of it. And unless you bring machine guns (and maybe even then), you can't stop hundreds of millions of migrants who just want better life for themselves and their children.
• crbelaus 10y ago
  Actually, with the current EU laws it is not.