The Sun playing Brexit bingo. ‘Have we mentioned the German car industry yet’? But let’s do the full circle: the Sun took what very likely was an informative presentation by @WeyandSabine and turned it into gibberish. Let’s translate back (1/3)
@WeyandSabine DG Trade thinks (like 95% of those people who are not campaigning) that a comprehensive FTA in 11 months is hard to do. Given that we are not preparing for the necessary compromises right now, but campaigning this seems... realistic (2/3)
@WeyandSabine However, she opens the door for a quicker bare-bones FTA. My interpretation: let’s cut member states ratification which is impossible in 11 months and go EU-only. She shows options. (I am more sceptical than her). (3/3)
@WeyandSabine Bonus tweet: the article shows the difficulties we face: every step along the way we face tough choices. Every time they are taken in a campaign mode and phrased as ‘leave v remain’. Needless to say: all of her reported comments take leave for granted. The framing is terrible.
@WeyandSabine And election interference? Off the charts stupid. Do we expect the EU to not speak about EU trade? But oh well, all in the name of campaigning believing that afterwards we can just bottle all the hatred we created.
