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Holger Hestermeyer
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In a letter to the French Coalition for Cultural Diversity Macron makes explicit the French position on trade in audiovisual services under a future free trade agreement between EU and UK (thread)
The most relevant para. of the letter is here.
It states that France will seek an exclusion of audiovisual services from the negotiation mandate of the Council following the principle of the protection of cultural diversity.
So: @SamuelMarcLowe and @GeorgeMRiddell - it wasn’t the pie...
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Holger Hestermeyer
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A general lesson about politics: Politics cares little about institutions or procedures. It cares for its position. So “don’t go a Referendum” or “the Single Market doesn’t matter” tend to be flexible arguments (short thread).
Let’s start with the latter. In the Brexit debate you hear “leaving the single market is a disaster” from one side, “the single market doesn’t matter” from another. The very same people might very well say the opposite when it comes to Scotland and the single market is the UK’s.
Somewhat to my own surprise it turns out that things are not that different when it comes to referenda. Apparently the 1997 referendum about an assembly in Wales saw the same people who now say referenda are holy vote against its result
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Holger Hestermeyer
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Interesting question for extending article 50: how do the elections for the European Parliaments limit extension in fact (not in law) (short thread) theguardian.com/politics/2019/…
In law Art. 50(3) of the TEU does not mention a limit to the capacity to extend the Brexit deadline
In fact there are things that make UK membership beyond certain deadlines with the UK leaving afterwards problematic: think of the multi-year financial framework, but the case in point is: elections to the European Parliament.
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Holger Hestermeyer
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As the meaningful vote nears, it is time to reflect on the Brexit debate. And confess that I lost it - let me explain (Thread)
Early on in the Brexit debate I have decided that I do not have a position. I am not British. But I do have a side as an academic: my goal was to keep the debate honest. Face pay-offs. Upsides. Downside. What would that debate be like?
As to the main issue of Brexit: The Brexit case is: we don‘t want to be part of an integration system. EU critics are right to say that there‘s a lot of integration. EU critics are right to say that integration goes beyond the economic. No need to insult the EU or our neighbours.
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