Posted on 07/16/2017 7:47:20 AM PDT by MtnClimber
‘This is not about punishing Great Britain,’ declared Sigmar Gabriel, Germany’s interim foreign secretary, on his recent visit to London. I fell about laughing, because this is precisely what’s going on. It is as obvious to us Germans as it is to the Brits: the EU cannot tolerate the thought of a successful United Kingdom outside the Brussels sphere of influence because, if that were allowed to happen, others might dare to start thinking about leaving the club too.
Everything we hear from Brussels flows from this. The EU presents itself as a champion of free trade, especially when its leaders are attacking Donald Trump, yet it does all it can to slow down, complicate and generally frustrate a free trade deal with the UK, the world’s fifth-largest economy. It talks as if keeping open borders with Britain is a great gift from the EU, rather than, of course, an arrangement of mutual benefit to consumers of all countries. Would the EU dare to enter trade negotiations in Washington, Tokyo or Beijing and demand payments for allowing access to EU markets? Why does it take this approach with Britain?
In Britain, it might seem that the EU embodies the mood of Europe — miffed at Brexit and determined to take a tough line. Don’t be fooled. The EU is unpopular in so much of Europe precisely because it does not speak for the people it purports to represent.
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the UK will be in much better shape if it can pry the boot of the EU regulators off it’s neck.
Folks should get out now before they have an army.
“Folks should get out now before they have an army”.
They couldn’t raise much of an army because the men of Germany of today are a far cry from 75 years ago. They can’t even stand up to the invading Muslims. Germany and most of Europe are going to have their hands full with dealing with Muslims.
The same leftist who’d roll over for tyrants and malcontents will raise a banner for war if you try to live without the their own tyrannies.
“This is not about punishing Great Britain,’ declared Sigmar Gabriel, Germany’s interim foreign secretary”
Why does every single EU pronouncement come from a Kraut? They might as well get it over with and declare Germany is the capitol of the EU.
Reminds me of a joke, “Three Nazi soldiers walk into a BAR....”
That’s it.
Yes, or the Elites will recruit Muslims to do it.
Thanks, I will watch it in a bit. It is amazing that the unelected EU regulators even have a regulation on the maximum bend that a cucumber or a banana can have to legally be sold.
there’s a whole section in the movie about laws and regs that will make you shake your head in awe
there’s a whole section in the movie about laws and regs that will make you shake your head in awe
Wow, about 100 EU regulations on a pillow and about the same on a spoon!
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