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UK which of course never used unrelated subject like fishing rights or immigration as a political leverage. \s Every country in the EU submit to the majority l
by bdauvergne 4y ago
UK which of course never used unrelated subject like fishing rights or immigration as a political leverage. \s
Every country in the EU submit to the majority law, that's the idea of an union, even France or Germany do not have everything to their liking every time.
- Veen 4y agoWhich is precisely why the UK is no longer in the EU. It no longer has to follow "majority law" and can do what is in its own best interests.
- sofixa 4y ago> and can do what is in its own best interests. If it did that, it wouldn't have gotten out of the common market. The UK is way past sensible choices in its best interests, and is firmly in the "cut its nose to spite the EU".
- blibble 4y agohow you leave the legal framework without exiting the "common market" (single market)? the answer is: you can't
- throwaway894345 4y agoThe point wasn’t “the UK is better than Spain” but rather, “energy dependence on Spain is not in the UK’s best interest”.
- bdauvergne 4y agoWithout any argument apart "there seem to be rules to follow inside the EU" it seems unsubstantiated. A better argument would be that digging or laying 3000Km 12GW terrestrial electric line through Spain and France would be expensive and especially difficult to sell to them, even if they could benefit from the energy.
- throwaway894345 4y agoIt’s already been clearly substantiated: running the cable through Spain or France would give leverage to those countries regarding (among other things) territorial disputes. This has nothing to do with the EU except in the tangential sense that Spain and France are both member states.