"Major decisions are looming, including the mammoth seven-year E.U. budget that will determine the shape of E.U. priorities for the foreseeable future. It needs to be sorted out in the spring, and many policymakers in European capitals fear Britain could use a continued membership inside the E.U. to hold them hostage and make tough new demands."
Britain's political dysfunction will go on for a long time. The Europeans don't want it to infect them further.
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| by Anonymous | reply 5 | September 12, 2019 1:54 PM |
[quote] Britain's political dysfunction will go on for a long time. The Europeans don't want it to infect them further.
Yes, at all costs they must avoid being infected by the concept of asking the people if they want to be surrender their states and be submerged into an unaccountable superstate
| by Anonymous | reply 1 | September 12, 2019 1:18 PM |
The EU is just as disfunctional as is pretty much every country in the world, not just the UK. You'd be hard pressed to find a decent leader anywhere and very few politicians.
| by Anonymous | reply 2 | September 12, 2019 1:21 PM |
Why would the UK even have a word in this particular budget agenda? They decided to leave. No point of them being part of that particular conversation. Active, non-leaving, members only.
| by Anonymous | reply 3 | September 12, 2019 1:50 PM |
[quote]Active, non-leaving, members only.
There's no such category; that's the issue. You're either a member or you're not.
| by Anonymous | reply 4 | September 12, 2019 1:52 PM |
Meanwhile in loopy Britain...
[quote]Boris Johnson revives plan for £15bn bridge from Scotland to Northern Ireland
[quote]The original Sunday Times story about Johnson’s proposal provoked a memorable letter to the paper from a retired offshore engineer who said the idea was “about as feasible as building a bridge to the moon”.
| by Anonymous | reply 5 | September 12, 2019 1:54 PM |