The Answer to Brexit? – Don’t Negotiate with the EU

IWB ^ | Mark Angelides

[davikkm]

The EU has proven itself to be hostile o Britain’s interests. As the President of the EU Commission, Jean-Claude Juncker has said “other countries will see what happens to the UK, and will want to stay in the EU” and “Deserters will not be welcomed with open arms”: A clear and direct threat against Britain’s exit. The EU will make life as hard as possible for the nation and the people. Already, Juncker is asking for a £50 Billion “divorce settlement”. What should Britain do?

The answer is not overly complex. We should have zero negotiations with the EU. Britain should ignore the EU and its institutions, commissions and presidents, and start working on reciprocal arrangements with nation states. If the EU is looking to threaten an bully and extort a sovereign nation, then they have sacrificed any legal right they have to be the sole instrument through which negotiation takes place. What are they? Bullies? Terrorists? Extorters? Either way, the UK should have no wish (nor actual obligation) to deal with them.

[alternatives?]

This might be one time where referring to Hitler is very descriptive.

[Sacajaweau]

Merkel was smart a**y to Trump about trade deals. She said talk to the EU....not Germany.

Conclusion....the same that the UK reached....EU members are no longer sovereign.

[MeganC]

Jean-Claude Juncker needs a 3am wakeup call from a Gurkha if he wants to persist in threatening the UK.

[Psalm 144]

I think it is past time for the EU to be recognized as totalitarian, anti freedom, monocultural, oppressive, expansionist, and global in its aspirations for world encompassing domination in all aspects of life.

The Soviet Union, without balls basically.

[Wuli]

Unfortunately it’s not that simple. For the EU member nations the U.K. WANTS to have good trade relations with there is no choice. THEY are treaty bound to NOT negotiate independent trade agreements of their own. Trade with them is trade under EU rules. For the U.K. to pretend that is not the fact, and simply not negotiate with the EU, then U.K. exports to remaining EU members would fall under EU restrictions and higher tariffs on U.K. goods, just like any other non-EU state.

On the other hand, one pro-Brexit analyst before the Brexit vote said the higher tariff costs would be less than what the EU now extracts from the U.K. in payment from the U.K. government as it’s “contribution” just to be in the EU.

The additional open questions will not be concerning trade, but movement of people and I don’t think the U.K. will be too concerned about being less “open” than the suicidal EU.

[itsahoot]

Bullies? Terrorists? Extorters? Either way, the UK should have no wish (nor actual obligation) to deal with them.

Not unlike the UN the EU Aristocracy is dominated by Muslims, ask Gert.

[Timocrat]

On the other hand, one pro-Brexit analyst before the Brexit vote said the higher tariff costs would be less than what the EU now extracts from the U.K. in payment from the U.K. government as it’s “contribution” just to be in the EU.

And of course the UK would impose counter tariffs on EU products. If I remember correctly the UK is the largest export market for German cars.