First of all let us note the different identities of the European Commission (EC) and the European Union (EU) as constituted by its future 27 member states.
Until a few weeks ago I was of the opinion that rational thinking and economic pragmatism would trump dogma within the EC, it may still do so but now I am less hopeful. Regardless of the UK's being 'punished' at the behest of the EC - and that is probably what they will try to do if they cannot extort sufficient money from us - we will still be a very big market for many EU states, in fact for several EU countries we are a huge market accounting for very large proportions of their exports.
I am not sold on EU 'solidarity' as portrayed by the EC. I do not accept that countries which already ignore / flout EC Directives and Regulations to benefit economically in fairly marginal ways will cease to do so when they stand to benefit in very significant ways, and such will be the case with regard to their trade with the UK.
They will process our goods because they will want us to reciprocate; forget EC diktats from Mr Juncker or the ravings Mr Verhofstadt, if the EU states ignore them now frequently over a few tens of millions, we can expect them to do so in the future over tens of billions.
Its funny how all the doomongers have forgotten about TIR
Do you really think the EU project will happily go on with ever closer union forever?
No, but I do believe it will go on for a very long time. 60 years now, and I would be surprised if it did not last another 100. You can see how bloody minded the EU is being over Brexit, so can you really imagine some lesser country than the UK (one that currently receives funds rather than pays in) now voting to leave? The rules changed too on 31st March (the reason the PM had to give notification as soon as she did) and everyone has to agree to allow a country to leave now. Never going to happen.
Always made me laugh that oneThe rules changed too on 31st March (the reason the PM had to give notification as soon as she did) and everyone has to agree to allow a country to leave now.
Always made me laugh that one
so say a country wants to leave the EU and the rest of the EU says no so the country says well we are off anyway WTF are they going to do invade
just stupid, but then the EU is stupid and Dick was right as we are seeing more and more
so they would invade, so much for the EU being all about peaceYou can check-out any time you like, but you can never leave...
eu sanctions on uk trade could work well, no wine,cars farm machinery, tractors. lorries plus an enormous list of other things.
Might have to mobilise the civil servants and service sector and unemployed to actually be productive.
Could be just the thing to make UK great again.
l'Union européenne forme un seul territoire, y compris au regard du régime TIR, ce qui a pour corollaire l'élimination des formalités douanières au passage d'une frontière intérieure commune à deux États membres (E.M).
the European Union forms a single territory, including in relation to the TIR procedure, which means that customs formalities are eliminated when a common internal border crosses two Member States (E.M).
We have voted to be a 'third country' outside this fortress of open borders. So customs an d BIPs (Border Inspection Posts) are needed, as are an unspecified number of physical inspections, particularly applicable to food products and pharmaceuticals.
Hold ups at ports are inevitable . Manageable as far as non perishable goods are concerned with stock piling. Lethal for perishable products.
We have voted to be a 'third country' outside this fortress of open borders. So customs an d BIPs (Border Inspection Posts) are needed, as are an unspecified number of physical inspections, particularly applicable to food products and pharmaceuticals.
Hold ups at ports are inevitable . Manageable as far as non perishable goods are concerned with stock piling. Lethal for perishable products.
TIP covers over 70 countries it works well especially for big companies, most perishable food movements will be into the uk rather than the other way round. While custom officials might play silly buggers the people buying our goods will soon kick up a fuss if they get messed aroundWe have voted to be a 'third country' outside this fortress of open borders. So customs an d BIPs (Border Inspection Posts) are needed, as are an unspecified number of physical inspections, particularly applicable to food products and pharmaceuticals.
Hold ups at ports are inevitable . Manageable as far as non perishable goods are concerned with stock piling. Lethal for perishable products.
TIP covers over 70 countries it works well especially for big companies, most perishable food movements will be into the uk rather than the other way round. While custom officials might play silly buggers the people buying our goods will soon kick up a fuss if they get messed around
Yes I agree thats true, the same would apply to us, perhaps to a lesser degree, both sides need to be preparing now not the day before, I think almost everyone would agree that trade between countries is good,it is in no ones interests to play silly buggers, except perhaps those that want to make political points and of course any impact from that wont affect them.Thing is rob , since the evolution of the EU they have very few border officers.
Yes I agree thats true, the same would apply to us, perhaps to a lesser degree, both sides need to be preparing now not the day before, I think almost everyone would agree that trade between countries is good,it is in no ones interests to play silly buggers, except perhaps those that want to make political points and of course any impact from that wont affect them.