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It says "Pan-European" everywhere, but would this include the UK?
by veltas 9mo ago
It says "Pan-European" everywhere, but would this include the UK?
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- enedil 9mo agoIt says "Pan-European" everywhere, but would this include Belarus?
- veltas 9mo agoThat's what "Pan-European" would imply, actually. Similar to what "Pan-American" means for the Americas.
- graemep 9mo agoIts obviously EU - so not the UK, or Norway or Switzerland or Russia... I agree it is Eu-wide or pan-EU rather than pan European. Its probably not going to solve the problems it sets out to given all the differences between EU countries legal systems, tax, regulation etc.
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- veltas 9mo agoIt's not obvious to me at all, that's why I asked, precisely because of the use of "pan-European".
- eclat 9mo agoEEA applicability might be less obvious than you imply however.
- graemep 9mo agoThe integrated taxes would be a very big step for the EEA, so would common company law and governance for these entities. That said I think the headline proposal (single entity type and single registrar) is not important. The UK and (AFAIK) the US have few practical difficulties with multiple registrars and variations between jurisdictions.
- dspillett 9mo agoAs the headline statements say “… EU-level …” rather than European, unless the smaller print explicitly mentions non-EU countries such as the UK I would assume that we aren't included.
- 1317 9mo ago"one europe" except for all the other bits of europe
- SideburnsOfDoom 9mo agoIndeed, except for the bits of Europe which chose not to be part of the main part of Europe. That's how it works. And by "it" we mean both "free choice to be part of the union or not" and "legal jurisdictions".
- veltas 9mo agoI don't think you know how continents work. It's a bit like saying Canada isn't "North American".
- SideburnsOfDoom 9mo agoIt is pretty common, when discussing matters of law and business - not geography, to read "Europe" as "the union of Europe" and not "the continent of Europe". Much like "an American firm" doesn't mean Canadian or Brazilian. See comment above: > Its obviously EU I know how continents work. I don't think you know when contextual usages of language work.
- veltas 9mo agoI think you can see from this thread that there is a lot more ambiguity when talking of "Europe", and also pushback against using "Europe" to mean "EU". It's not obvious, that's why I asked the question. I'm not stupid but just living in a different context to you, apparently, and have reasons to push back against this misuse of the word "European". One might have said the use of the word "American" was misuse engineered by US Americans, to make themselves the "main" America. But for many reasons I think the context is very different in Europe, especially since the obvious grab by EU institutions hasn't really worked among Europeans, even EU Europeans. EDIT: Further to that "Pan-American" is well understood to not just mean the USA, so "Pan-European" cannot possibly mean the EU only except by very poor wording choices or a very political agenda.
- PaywallBuster 9mo agono :)
- pjc50 9mo agoNo, but the UK already has easy company formation.
- veltas 9mo agoFormation might be easy but the laws, regulations and planning required to do almost anything are extremely burdensome.