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The EU has repeatedly stated that it will not allow the Four Freedoms to be weakened or separated; that is, allow (for example) free movement of goods and capit
by tom_mellior 8y ago
The EU has repeatedly stated that it will not allow the Four Freedoms to be weakened or separated; that is, allow (for example) free movement of goods and capital to and from the UK, but not free movement of labor.
From the point of view of certain Brexiters this is a hard line. Though I agree that it isn't really that hard. It's just to continue enforcing what the EU currently is.
EDIT: There is the hard line of the exit bill, though. Although I believe that that has been negotiated down from a humongous sum to a merely enormous one.
- Arnt 8y agoIIRC that hasn't been negotiated at all, merely recomputed. There were things like pensions that were effectively decided on long ago. The 1985 budget said "the salary budget this year will be...; the member countries promise to pay the related pensions later, whatever the sum turns out to be." Ditto other years. Someone's now gone though past budgets and tried to sum up all those non-numbers (both pensions and other future commitments). Must've been a terrible job. (Edit: fixed conflicting use of x.)