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The EU is going to slaughter the UK. That's basically their public position, and there's little reason to suspect they hold different private positions. It's th
by TillE 10y ago
The EU is going to slaughter the UK. That's basically their public position, and there's little reason to suspect they hold different private positions. It's the only thing that makes political sense.
An agreement needs to be reached about EU citizens already living in the UK, and UK citizens in the EU. That's maybe the only critical issue where they have common ground. In every other respect, the UK is going to take decades to recover from radical economic upheaval. It's a ludicrous self-imposed crisis.
- gonvaled 10y agoPlease stop the victim playing. The EU is not going to "slaughter the UK". The EU is simply going to uphold the value of EU membership. EU membership is something different that non EU membership. UK is opting for non EU membership, and even for a deal completely different than any other country has. We will reach that kind of deal. But please do not pretend that the expected agreement is "the UK gets unfettered access to the EU market without having to compromise in other areas like all EU members do", and that any other agreement is unfair. I am perfectly fine with the UK's starting position to be that one. The EU's starting position is "We want access to the city, free access to the UK market, payment for 40 years of deal making and market uniformization (which is going to be adopted on day one as British law), infrastructures, research, patents owned by British companies paid with EU funds, investments in UK culture and economy, unfettered access to UK's market". Anything less than that would be totally unfair to the EU, right? Now let's compromise.