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Holger Hestermeyer
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The twitter conversation between MP Hoey and MEP Verhofstadt illustrates two points I have been making in the context of Brexit 1/3
First of all the rather obvious point that Brexit is a disruption of the two party system splitting both of them. MP Hoey is Labour, but instinctively resorts to Thatcher as an ideal.
The second point is that the ideological reinforcement within bubbles in the course of Brexit is so strong that in some bubbles the obviously erroneous statement that MEPs are unelected makes sense.
I discuss the first point here verfassungsblog.de/disastrous-sta…
The second was in a thread on the EU-Japan FTA. Yes. This is the 5th tweet in a 3-tweet thread. Hi Douglas Adams!
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Holger Hestermeyer
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Just to raise awareness on the danger of shooting ourselves in the foot: The UK is apparently in the process of leaving EUI. (Thread) eui.eu
EUI is the European University Institute, an institution of Higher education and learning. Full disclosure: I have spent some time there. But then... many people in academia have. It is well-known. I would say “elite”, but apparently that’s a bad word these days.
Now EUI is, this is indisputable, intimately connected to the EU. Here’s a text about its history. eui.eu/About/Historyo…
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Holger Hestermeyer
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Monday we spoke about most-fovoured nation
Tuesday it was RoOs and cross-cumulation
Wednesday Art. XXIV was hotly debated
Thanks to Art. XXI on Thursday that seemed outdated
On Friday, however let’s raise a glass
To the #Brexit #tradevalentines masterclass!

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Monday we spoke about most-fovoured nation

uktradeforum.net/2017/11/30/wha…
Tuesday it was RoOs and cross-cumulation
e15initiative.org/publications/b…
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Holger Hestermeyer
@hhesterm
So a DIT traffic light-coded progress report got leaked. Finally businesses have a chance to know what to prepare for. It is deeply disappointing that the only reason they can prepare for Brexit-day is that documents are leaked (short thread)
Trade agreements only work if the people who are supposed to use them know about them. Engagement with stakeholders is essential. People who use EU FTAs should be kept informed how likely it is they can use them post-Brexit.
No serious trade expert thought that it would be easy to transform all EU FTAs into UK FTAs. Few thought it possible do “roll over” all FTAs by B-day. And it will be important to scrutinize the agreements that are made.
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