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Door still open if Brits give up on Brexit, says German finance minister
TheLocal.de ^
| 13 June 2017 17:44 CEST+02:00
| AFP
Posted on 06/13/2017 5:09:11 PM PDT by Olog-hai
The European Unions door remains open if Britain changes its decision to leave the 28-member bloc, German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schäuble said Tuesday, while acknowledging such a move is unlikely.
If they wanted to change their decision, of course they would find open doors, but I think its not very likely, Schäuble told Bloomberg Television in his first public comments on last weeks election in Britain which saw Prime Minister Theresa May lose her parliamentary majority.
He noted a pro-European surge in France for President Emmanuel Macron and a youth vote in Britain that swung sharply to the left-wing Labour Party, in favor of closer post-Brexit ties, as proof of greater EU support among the young.
Nevertheless, Brexit is a decision we have to accept by the British voters, he said. It would not be helpful if we started speculation
we take it as a matter of fact; its a matter of respect.
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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Foreign Affairs; Germany; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: brexit; europeanunion; eussr; schaeuble
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posted on
06/13/2017 5:09:12 PM PDT
by
Olog-hai
To: Olog-hai
“There were ten German bombers in the air.”
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posted on
06/13/2017 5:10:52 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
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posted on
06/13/2017 5:12:46 PM PDT
by
DoughtyOne
(Fourth estate? Ha! Our media has become the KCOTUS, the Kangaroo Court of the United States.)
To: Olog-hai
D1 to Germans.
Door still open to self-rule if you wake up and realize self-determination is at all important to you.
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posted on
06/13/2017 5:16:49 PM PDT
by
DoughtyOne
(Fourth estate? Ha! Our media has become the KCOTUS, the Kangaroo Court of the United States.)
To: Olog-hai
The Millenials in Britain have not had the hardships that previous British generations have had to endure. They are the British Gimme Generation, expecting someone else to pay for everything. Having worked in Britain, I can assure you that the ‘work ethic’ there, isn’t comparable to that of Americans. Lots of vacation days and a 7 1/2 hour workday, and expectatons of the Government taking care of everything. I don’t want to see Britain suffer under Socialism anymore. But I am afraid that the Radical Islamists are gaining strength and, if challenged, the British Millenials will just roll over and say ‘thank you sir, may I have another’. Heartbreaking.
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posted on
06/13/2017 5:20:06 PM PDT
by
originalbuckeye
("In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act." - George Orwell)
To: Olog-hai
Imagine that, Germany dictating and warning England. What’s next? Polish invasion?
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posted on
06/13/2017 5:29:26 PM PDT
by
Fhios
To: Olog-hai
The Brits need to get Brexit done. The longer they stall the more the globalists can manipulate the situation.
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posted on
06/13/2017 5:35:04 PM PDT
by
VTenigma
(The Democrat party is the party of the mathematically challenged)
To: VTenigma
Invoking Article 50 of the Treaty of Lisbon effectively handed the ball to the globalists. The right move would have been rebus sic stantibus given how many times the EU has violated its own treaty.
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posted on
06/13/2017 5:47:32 PM PDT
by
Olog-hai
To: Olog-hai
Germans meddling in British domestic politics.Not just meddling...attempting to damage.
Germans having been trying to destroy Britain for 100+ years.
To: Olog-hai
What’s that lettering on the lintel over the door say? Oh, yes, “Arbeit Macht Frei”...
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posted on
06/13/2017 6:00:27 PM PDT
by
Kommodor
(Terrorist, Journalist or Democrat? I can't tell the difference.)
To: Olog-hai
An abusive boyfriend. “Baby, if you’ll change your mind, I’ll take you back still”.
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posted on
06/13/2017 6:31:40 PM PDT
by
DesertRhino
(Dog is man's best friend, and moslems hate dogs. Add that up.)
To: Olog-hai
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posted on
06/13/2017 6:40:47 PM PDT
by
FroggyTheGremlim
(Hillary Clinton: the official candidate of the National Sleep Foundation)
To: Olog-hai
This thing is impossible to exit. There are 20 different rituals and legal hurdles to actually exit the damn thing!
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posted on
06/13/2017 6:49:28 PM PDT
by
bigtoona
(Make America Great Again! America First!)
To: Olog-hai
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posted on
06/13/2017 8:44:42 PM PDT
by
Dr.Deth
To: Gay State Conservative; Berlin_Freeper
The Germans are not "meddling in British domestic politics" -- the elections are over, now the horse-trading begins. May lost her chance for an unequivocal mandate for hard Brexit. The Germans are just acknowledging the changed realities created by the Brits voting.
btw, Germany during WWI and WWII mistakenly believed it could co-opt Britain into its schemes, not to destroy Britian -- a fellow Germanic nation.
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posted on
06/13/2017 8:51:51 PM PDT
by
Cronos
(Obama's dislike of Assad is not based on his brutality but that he isn't a jihadi Moslem)
To: Gay State Conservative
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posted on
06/13/2017 8:53:27 PM PDT
by
Jane Long
(Praise God, from whom ALL blessings flow.)
To: Olog-hai
German Taqya? Divorce from the Kalif is forbiden. Twlling the Kalif that his daughter Aisha’s marriage to Mohammed is not automatic key to British capitalist heaven is a no no
To: Olog-hai
The Huns just do not get it.
Utterly ineducable.
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posted on
06/13/2017 10:32:20 PM PDT
by
Psalm 144
(Why defend the EU?)
To: Olog-hai
Arbeit macht frei, the Return.
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posted on
06/13/2017 10:34:41 PM PDT
by
Psalm 144
(Why defend the EU?)
To: Cronos
Schäuble is asked for an interview, politely answers a question and then the headline readers make of it what they will. 73F today and 80F tomorrow in sunny Berlin. My child has half a day and tomorrow off from Catholic school. She is that perfect child age of 7.5 years old. I want to look back years from now and say: "Remember 7? WOW!" and then we will have the pictures and videos to enjoy looking at. Have a great day my FRiend! :)
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