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1. A thread on taking back control of borders.
(Or not).
Unpacking the confusion.
(Or not).
Unpacking the confusion.
2. The UK government claims to want to take back control of borders.
But did they mean control of settlement immigration? Or actual control of border crossings?
Do they even know what they want to control?
But did they mean control of settlement immigration? Or actual control of border crossings?
Do they even know what they want to control?
3. In reality, as a non-Schengen country, and as an island, the UK has always had full control of its border crossing points. UK is surrounded by water which helps. The only exception perhaps is the open Irish border but that’s down to the Good Friday Agreement not EU membership.
It won't stop unless the UK joins the #SingleMarket
Shortage of European workers is a major contributing factor to Britain’s economic gloom.
‘Britannia Chained: Brexit has Left the UK in a State of National Decline’ – Byline Times bylinetimes.com/2023/01/31/bri…
Shortage of European workers is a major contributing factor to Britain’s economic gloom.
‘Britannia Chained: Brexit has Left the UK in a State of National Decline’ – Byline Times bylinetimes.com/2023/01/31/bri…
According to the IMF, even Russia – hit by massive international sanctions – is set to out-perform the UK. When it comes to our nearest global competitors, the self-imposed economic sanctions of Brexit appear to outweigh all others.
Even Russia...
Even Russia...
Disaster capitalists, r/w populists and fascists have hobbled a once stable country that rarely suffered the sort of political ruptures that affected other nations. 7 years of BS since the vote to leave the EU, Britain has become a byword for political chaos.
The #EP4U Conference is starting NOW! We've got a great day planned looking at #Enlargement, #FundamentalRights, #Migration, and #ClimateAction with our great speakers!
We're live on @YouTube, and we're collecting key highlights here on @Twitter
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We're live on @YouTube, and we're collecting key highlights here on @Twitter
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We're in the opening session with TEPSA Executive Director @MariamKhote and @Hertie_Security's @bctallis
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"We value youth for what it may become. Youth is unsullied by the realities of live, and there is a massive potential in young people as a result"
- @bctallis (@Hertie_Security)
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- @bctallis (@Hertie_Security)
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Welcome to Day 2⃣ of the #InDivEU Final Conference!
As always we'll be highlighting the best bits from today's panels and you can also watch LIVE ON STREAM! 👉
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As always we'll be highlighting the best bits from today's panels and you can also watch LIVE ON STREAM! 👉
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Check out the agenda for today! We're discussing the perspectives of different political actors on #DifferentiatedIntegration, the #SingleMarket, and Experimentalist Governance!
➡️ tepsa.eu/wp-content/upl…
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➡️ tepsa.eu/wp-content/upl…
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And if you want to meet today's speakers for the #InDivEU Final Conference be sure to check out our handy guide! 👉 tepsa.eu/wp-content/upl…
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@Dominic2306 is talking again. What have we learned? Did he ever have a plan for a successful Brexit? And did it involve staying in, or leaving, the #SingleMarket? THREAD
@Dominic2306’s discussion with @DavidGauke is worth a read. He admits that costs of 🇬🇧 leaving SM were supposed to fall on 🇮🇪. This is foolhardy in itself, but symptomatic of the lack of a wider plan. /1
@Dominic2306 @DavidGauke Staying in SM under #EFTA would of course solve #NI. But did @VoteLeave say to stay in, or to leave, the Single Market? Well, both. But the important promise was that of no adverse changes. /2
Lord @DavidGHFrost isn’t happy with the #NorthernIrelandProtocol that HE negotiated. He wants to “return to normal”. Isn’t #EU membership “normal”? That avoided ALL the problems Frosty is griping about and it's what he supported BEFORE the #EUReferendum. Watch ½-minute video.
Before the #EUreferendum, the then Mr @DavidGHFrost strongly supported the case for Britain to REMAIN in the #EU. He said then AGAINST #Brexit: “Even the best-case outcome can’t be as good as what we have now.”
As for the UK going it alone, @DavidGHFrost said BEFORE the #EUreferendum:
“The more independent your national trade policy is, the more difficult it is to negotiate completely barrier-free access to any other country.”
“The more independent your national trade policy is, the more difficult it is to negotiate completely barrier-free access to any other country.”
Our Secretary-General @JimCloos1 is talking ALL THINGS #Strategic Autonomy with @iiea RIGHT NOW💪
@iiea is our Member Institute from 🇮🇪
You can follow the livestream on @YouTube or stay tuned here from some highlights of Jim's intervention
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@iiea is our Member Institute from 🇮🇪
You can follow the livestream on @YouTube or stay tuned here from some highlights of Jim's intervention
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"All recent Euro-crises from the subprime mortgage crisis to the #COVID19 crisis originated outside the European Union, but hit us incredibly hard"
- @JimCloos1, TEPSA Secretary-Ge neral speaks to @iiea
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- @JimCloos1, TEPSA Secretary-Ge neral speaks to @iiea
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"Firstly the economic crises highlighted the imbalance within the #EMU, the flaws of the 'no bailtout' clause, which meant richer countries could only intervene as a last resort, and that the @ecb was not properly empowered against crises"
- @JimCloos1, speaks to @iiea
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- @JimCloos1, speaks to @iiea
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It’s been an especially stormy start to the year for the UK, which finds itself at ground zero for the spread of a new and highly infectious strain of the coronavirus, even as it struggles to cope with withdrawal from the European Union’s single market and customs zone.
Yet the UK’s financial markets are performing relatively respectably year-to-date as investors focus on the UK’s strong vaccination performance and look ahead to the possibility of economic reopening and recovery.
In this video interview, Nick Andrews examines the forces at work and weighs the risks facing the UK economy and markets. vimeo.com/505535421 #UK #Brexit #pound #sterling #assetallocation #EU #singlemarket
"Euroscepticism and the Future of Europe: Views from the Capitals" is starting now!
#Zoom in now, or join us one Facebook to hear contributions from @MichaelKaeding, @_PaulSchmidt, @davferrari90, and @Poli_Eleonora
As always, we will be highlighting key quote here
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#Zoom in now, or join us one Facebook to hear contributions from @MichaelKaeding, @_PaulSchmidt, @davferrari90, and @Poli_Eleonora
As always, we will be highlighting key quote here
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Given we have two of the editors with us, we have the fitting introduction from @unidue's @MichaelKaeding:
"The beauty of these books is that they zoom in on national perspectives: 'Views from the Capitals'"
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"The beauty of these books is that they zoom in on national perspectives: 'Views from the Capitals'"
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You all know the story of little Hans Brinker – a story about a small act with a big effect. Hans saved his city from certain disaster by plugging a hole in the dike with his finger.
But do you know the story of Maarten Rijkers?
[Picture by WikiFrits]
But do you know the story of Maarten Rijkers?
[Picture by WikiFrits]
Truth be told, Hans Brinker only made the story famous: the finger really belonged to an unknown lock keeper in Haarlem, whose story is in Mary Mapes Dodge’s book.
But since Hans’ story has become eponymous with that of the lock keeper, we’ll just leave the opening as it is.
But since Hans’ story has become eponymous with that of the lock keeper, we’ll just leave the opening as it is.
Back to this Maarten Rijkers.
Unlike Hans, he is a real person, who was somewhere in his twenties when on a sunny afternoon in 1988 he kissed a queen in Amsterdam.
Unlike Hans, he is a real person, who was somewhere in his twenties when on a sunny afternoon in 1988 he kissed a queen in Amsterdam.
#COVID19 | The EU needs a comprehensive recovery plan & unprecedented investment to relaunch & transform our economies🌍⚡🔋📶🚊
Presidents @eucopresident & @vonderleyen put forward a roadmap for recovery with 4️⃣ key areas for action.
More in the thread 👇
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#StrongerTogether
Presidents @eucopresident & @vonderleyen put forward a roadmap for recovery with 4️⃣ key areas for action.
More in the thread 👇
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#StrongerTogether
#COVID19 | A functioning #singlemarket is essential for the EU's prosperity & resilience.
Green transition 🌍 & digital transformation 📶 will play a central role in relaunching & modernising the 🇪🇺 economy.
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#StrongerTogether #EUGreenDeal #DigitalSingleMarket
Green transition 🌍 & digital transformation 📶 will play a central role in relaunching & modernising the 🇪🇺 economy.
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#StrongerTogether #EUGreenDeal #DigitalSingleMarket
#COVID19 | The EU needs an unprecedented public & private investment effort, targeted where most needed. The next #MFF & @EIB will be key to invest massively in:
🔹 green & digital transitions ⏩
🔹 #CircularEconomy ♻️
🔹 #CohesionPolicy & #FutureofCAP
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#StrongerTogether
🔹 green & digital transitions ⏩
🔹 #CircularEconomy ♻️
🔹 #CohesionPolicy & #FutureofCAP
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#StrongerTogether
Europe’s industry is at its best when it draws on what makes it strong:
🟧 its people and ideas,
🟦 its talents,
🟨 its diversity
🟦 its entrepreneurial spirit.
Today we present our #EUIndustrialStrategy for a globally competitive, green and digital Europe.
🟧 its people and ideas,
🟦 its talents,
🟨 its diversity
🟦 its entrepreneurial spirit.
Today we present our #EUIndustrialStrategy for a globally competitive, green and digital Europe.
Europe has the strongest industry in the world.
Our companies - big and small - provide us with jobs, prosperity and strategic autonomy.
#EUIndustrialStrategy
Our companies - big and small - provide us with jobs, prosperity and strategic autonomy.
#EUIndustrialStrategy
Our #EUIndustrialStrategy sets out the key drivers of Europe’s industrial transformation, including:
🟧 an Intellectual Property Action Plan
🟦 ongoing review of EU competition rules
🟨 a White Paper on foreign subsidies in the single market
🟧 an Intellectual Property Action Plan
🟦 ongoing review of EU competition rules
🟨 a White Paper on foreign subsidies in the single market
1/10: We are 12 days from legal #Brexit. What will happen on 31 Jan? What will it feel like on 1 Feb? More important, what will happen after that? In a nutshell, nothing will change & everything will change. And harder choices lie ahead. Thread of 10...
2/10: On 31 Jan BJ will declare #Brexit done & hail a brave new world. Big Ben may bong. Flags will come down. But on 1 Feb we will wake to an eerily familiar world. Until Dec 31 at least all rights & obligations of EU membership continue, though we will not be at the table..
3/10: Ministers will soon say that the fact the sky has not fallen in after we have ”got #Brexit done” proves “doomsters & gloomsters” wrong. They will try to shift public debate on to other things. But Brexit will still be there & will not be done..
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Migration controls threaten job shock to Bristol
75% of EU27 citizens, living Bristol region would be unable to work in the UK under proposals to come into affect in 2021.
Labour & Tories voted away the #SingleMarket & FoM.
#The5Million
ft.com/content/9ce780…
Migration controls threaten job shock to Bristol
75% of EU27 citizens, living Bristol region would be unable to work in the UK under proposals to come into affect in 2021.
Labour & Tories voted away the #SingleMarket & FoM.
#The5Million
ft.com/content/9ce780…
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Bristol would come to a grinding halt without our migrants.
It's affected both my doctor and dentist, both who have found it difficult to recruit when EU27 citizens leave.
This makes me so angry, even more so when most local MPs aren't interested.
#The5Million
Bristol would come to a grinding halt without our migrants.
It's affected both my doctor and dentist, both who have found it difficult to recruit when EU27 citizens leave.
This makes me so angry, even more so when most local MPs aren't interested.
#The5Million
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Part of the issue I think is that MPs are just not interested enough to learn.
This is my MP, making the case for using the "profit" from migrant workers to contribute to towns which haven’t benefited from economic growth.
#The5Million
Part of the issue I think is that MPs are just not interested enough to learn.
This is my MP, making the case for using the "profit" from migrant workers to contribute to towns which haven’t benefited from economic growth.
#The5Million
Today #SteveBarclay announced he has signed legislation to repeal the European Communities act 1972. #Parliament is not in session. Which date has been set for the repeal? Did parliament have a chance to scrutinize this process?
The May regime ignored the house of lord's amendment not to repeal this act on Brexit day (ERG pressure meant the commons ignored that). Is #SteveBarclay using #HenryVIII powers here to any extent? There was meant to be a transition after exit day...
ft.com/content/a5d580…
ft.com/content/a5d580…
This is the act that makes the UK a member of the #singleMarket, #Euratom.
Aaaand there we have it...
@RoryStewartUK believes the #SingleMarket would be a "big mistake", b/c...
...immigration.
He'd be happy with a #CustomsUnion, as long as it didn't involve...
immigration.
He's as much an anti-immigration Tory as the rest of them.
#Marr
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@RoryStewartUK believes the #SingleMarket would be a "big mistake", b/c...
...immigration.
He'd be happy with a #CustomsUnion, as long as it didn't involve...
immigration.
He's as much an anti-immigration Tory as the rest of them.
#Marr
[00:37]
@RoryStewartUK As if to underline his non-#SingleMarket, Leaver credentials, @RoryStewartUK says:-
"I want to leave all the institutions of the #EU".
I'll repeat the reason he gave in my previous clip:-
>>Immigration.<<
#Marr
[00:32]
"I want to leave all the institutions of the #EU".
I'll repeat the reason he gave in my previous clip:-
>>Immigration.<<
#Marr
[00:32]
@RoryStewartUK A few clips from @RoryStewartUK on @LBC, where he chose to display his true colours.
1) Under that urbane exterior, he just wants to "get [#Brexit] done".
To "get back our sovereignty" and "get back control of our borders".
I thought the govt WP said UK was always sovereign?
1) Under that urbane exterior, he just wants to "get [#Brexit] done".
To "get back our sovereignty" and "get back control of our borders".
I thought the govt WP said UK was always sovereign?
Next week, Europe will have its most important rendezvous with voters for a generation!
373.000.000 citizens will vote to choose the direction the EU should take.
What about you?
All you need to know about the EU and #EUelections2019 in this thread ↓
373.000.000 citizens will vote to choose the direction the EU should take.
What about you?
All you need to know about the EU and #EUelections2019 in this thread ↓
What is the EU?
What are you voting for?
From the advantages of the #SingleMarket to the protection of our fundamental rights, the EU unites us in our diversity.
Vote in the #EUelections2019
What are you voting for?
From the advantages of the #SingleMarket to the protection of our fundamental rights, the EU unites us in our diversity.
Vote in the #EUelections2019
What do you get from the EU?
From safe food to studying abroad, clean air to cheaper phone bills — you get the best deal from being in the EU.
Vote in the #EUelections2019
From safe food to studying abroad, clean air to cheaper phone bills — you get the best deal from being in the EU.
Vote in the #EUelections2019
1/ It's all scaremongering isn't it about #brexit and #drugs? Stockpiling, price hikes, and, as @MattHancock warns, dead patients. Well, here's the lowdown and it's not pretty. With or without #softbrexit.
A thread
A thread
2/ Patients with long-term conditions such as #diabetes, #asthma or #schizophrenia, #blood pressure, #heart problems or #cancer down to daily medicines for #rashes and skin problems, take for granted that they will be able to get their medicines when they need them.
3/ According the UK's Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Committee publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201719/cm…
73 per cent of pharmaceutical imports in the UK come from the EU. This equates to around 37 million packets of medicines every month from the EU worth £18.3 billion.
Committee publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201719/cm…
73 per cent of pharmaceutical imports in the UK come from the EU. This equates to around 37 million packets of medicines every month from the EU worth £18.3 billion.
1. Am I the only one infuriated with the view that if @theresa_may and @jeremycorbyn agree a #brexit #customsunion then all is fine. This ignores the fact that it is leaving the #singlemarket that is the killer for business making, importing or exporting products. Why? A thread..
2/ Much of the commercial debate around #Brexit has focused on whether we stay in the #CustomsUnion or not. That is because this is the current battle between #Conservatives and #Labour. If Labour prevailed, and the UK remains in a Customs Union, then the tariff issue dies
3/ However, the much bigger problem relates to the #SingleMarket. Neither main party wants to stay in the Single Market because you can’t have free movement of goods, services and capital without accepting the same for people. But abandoning the single market means...
There seems to be some confusion about why @theSNP MPs abstained on #Boles & #Clarke amendments last night but it’s really very straightforward so here’s a thread explaining why #Brexit #IndicativeVotes
So @theSNP preference in line with the majority of #Scottish voters is to #Remain in the EU but v early on @scotgov put forward a compromise position in #ScotlandsPlaceInEurope to stay in the #SingleMarket & a #CustomsUnion & it was endorsed by @theSNP conf
It’s important to appreciate that to benefit from freedom of movement is vital for Scotland’s economic & demographic needs & to benefit from it you have to be a member of the single market.
Delivering.
This is our main focus, to make a real difference in people's lives.
All #TeamJunckerEU proposals have been put on the table.
See how #EUdelivers and what it means for you in this living thread ↓
This is our main focus, to make a real difference in people's lives.
All #TeamJunckerEU proposals have been put on the table.
See how #EUdelivers and what it means for you in this living thread ↓
Natural disasters know no borders.
When there is a dangerous forest fire overwhelming one country, our citizens want action.
We thus put forward #rescEU for a stronger collective civil protection response.
See how #EUdelivers and how #EUprotects → europa.eu/!dU74YM
When there is a dangerous forest fire overwhelming one country, our citizens want action.
We thus put forward #rescEU for a stronger collective civil protection response.
See how #EUdelivers and how #EUprotects → europa.eu/!dU74YM
We promised clean energy for all Europeans.
Our new rules are now finalised.
They will put Europeans at the heart of the energy transition, giving them more choice, reducing energy bills and improving air quality.
See how #EUdelivers → europa.eu/!hF73NJ
Our new rules are now finalised.
They will put Europeans at the heart of the energy transition, giving them more choice, reducing energy bills and improving air quality.
See how #EUdelivers → europa.eu/!hF73NJ
A #NewYearsEve #thread
On 🇪🇺 & 🇬🇧 & 🇳🇴 & 🦄🦄🦄
May 2019 bring much 🎂 to have & eat!
Due thanks @SebDance for inspiration
#HappyNewYear2019
On 🇪🇺 & 🇬🇧 & 🇳🇴 & 🦄🦄🦄
May 2019 bring much 🎂 to have & eat!
Due thanks @SebDance for inspiration
#HappyNewYear2019
Some clever 🇬🇧 spin doctors have added a ➕ to 🇳🇴
'#NorwayPlus'
assumedly to make it more alluring?
@USverdrup, Director at Norwegian Institute of International Affairs @NUPInytt noted to the 🇳🇴 @Aftenposten daily:
“If you stand at the edge
you no longer seek the best solution”
'#NorwayPlus'
assumedly to make it more alluring?
@USverdrup, Director at Norwegian Institute of International Affairs @NUPInytt noted to the 🇳🇴 @Aftenposten daily:
“If you stand at the edge
you no longer seek the best solution”
Please consider this:
Did any Central & Eastern European country joining 🇪🇺 2004
1st knock @EFTAsecretariat's door
as their preferred ‘solution’ for #SingleMarket access?
#EFTA & the #EEA Agreement it administers
= a barren 🏜️ for #democracy
A truly grey Brussels #bureaucracy.
Did any Central & Eastern European country joining 🇪🇺 2004
1st knock @EFTAsecretariat's door
as their preferred ‘solution’ for #SingleMarket access?
#EFTA & the #EEA Agreement it administers
= a barren 🏜️ for #democracy
A truly grey Brussels #bureaucracy.
Dear Remainers,
Generally, you believe in experts. They power your phones. They heal you when you're sick. You trust them on things YOU don't understand. But those you need to speak to don't. So stop quoting expert predictions. Use things we ALL already believe and agree on.
Generally, you believe in experts. They power your phones. They heal you when you're sick. You trust them on things YOU don't understand. But those you need to speak to don't. So stop quoting expert predictions. Use things we ALL already believe and agree on.
Generally, countries have different laws✅
EU countries make ONE set of laws together✅
Adapting your products to the laws of different countries costs more✅
Getting your goods checked by each country costs money✅
Being in the EU therefore lowers costs✅
#SingleMarket
EU countries make ONE set of laws together✅
Adapting your products to the laws of different countries costs more✅
Getting your goods checked by each country costs money✅
Being in the EU therefore lowers costs✅
#SingleMarket
EU Countries are physically closer✅
Sending goods to China costs more time/money than sending them to France✅
Prioritising trading across larger distances costs more✅
UK negotiating against an EU with a combined GDP 6xUK has not been simple✅
Doesn't bode well✅
#GlobalBritain
Sending goods to China costs more time/money than sending them to France✅
Prioritising trading across larger distances costs more✅
UK negotiating against an EU with a combined GDP 6xUK has not been simple✅
Doesn't bode well✅
#GlobalBritain
1)A #brexit thread on 'frictionless' trade:
@bbcsoutheast decided to see how easy/difficult it would be to export an item from #Switzerland 🇨🇭(outside the EU) to the UK🇬🇧(inside the EU) to get an idea of what British businesses might have to do after #Brexit.
@bbcsoutheast decided to see how easy/difficult it would be to export an item from #Switzerland 🇨🇭(outside the EU) to the UK🇬🇧(inside the EU) to get an idea of what British businesses might have to do after #Brexit.
2) It’s obviously not an exact analogy. Switzerland is in the #singlemarket for many goods and in #Schengen, for example. But it’s outside the customs union, so the idea was to get a sense of what friction might need to be tackled.
3/ The item we decided to buy was this (it's a car exhaust):
