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Labour manifesto says that if public decide to Remain in its proposed referendum, “this must not mean accepting the status quo.” Calls for “radical reform” and “new political
direction” for EU so it tackles climate emergency, tax evasion, ending austerity & inequality 1/3
Message aimed at Leave-inclined voters & trade union members worried about possible shift towards Remain stance in campaign as Labour tries to squeeze Lib Dems to close gap with Tories 2/3
Labour manifesto says:”Only Labour will deliver a final say referendum.” Privately, senior Labour figures admit they will of course need backing of Lib Dems & SNP in hung parliament 3/3
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Mujtaba Rahman
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Back to Brexit. That’s where @BorisJohnson wants to get in rest of election campaign. PM tells The Sun: “I just really worry that people aren’t focusing on the real political crisis and the reason why we had to do this thing.” Concedes campaign “has gone through various phases.”
Reflects private Tory fears that poll lead could narrow further without Brexit in the headlines. Problem is it might not be easy after London Bridge attack & with @realDonaldTrump in town 2/
But we think London Bridge attack is unlikely to have same political impact on election as those in 2017; Johnson’s pre-emptive action, including urgent review of 74 other convicted terrorists released on licence, will likely cushion him against backlash @theresa_may suffered 3/
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Mujtaba Rahman
@Mij_Europe
Wanted to build on my thread yesterday regarding internal EU debate on phase 2 #Brexit negotiations with some views from Paris. French sources also say that the optimum outcome would be a system of post-Brexit accords (unwilling to use word treaty) between the EU27 and UK 1/
But there is caution in Paris about: 1) @BorisJohnson real intentions if he wins on 12 Dec; 2) possible bust-ups on fishing rights and/or US trade 2/
.@EmmanuelMacron vision of a new European architecture – first sketched at Sorbonne in 2017; renewed/revised in his @TheEconomist @PedderSophie interview – already implies a formal relationship with a UK outside the EU treaties. How this might happen is open for debate 3/
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Mujtaba Rahman
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So. I'm picking up some really interesting colour on EU side about how they're thinking about the next phase of Brexit. There's still debate. But the bottom line, for now, is that keeping "UK in the continental orbit" will underpin EU's approach & objectives in phase 2. Thread
One senior official tells me: "We want to keep the UK in the continental Europe's orbit. We don't want to lose the UK. This will have a big impact on where the EU will be in 10-15 years, between the 2 poles of the US & China." This objective will impact architecture & approach 2/
There's some discussion (& has been before) of an "umbrella architecture", at leader's level, that will meet twice per year. There will be a co-ordinating body, that works on a limited number of agreements 3/
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Jennifer Rankin
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Labour’s manifesto for "the final say on Brexit" - is it realistic? A few thoughts.
Labour’s main pitch is to negotiate “a sensible deal” in three months and put it to a public vote within six. That means a Brexit extension until July 31 2020.
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Many in the EU will throw up their hands in despair at yet more Brexit discussion and delay, but I still cannot see any single member state taking the historic decision to kick the UK out by vetoing extension.
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Giuseppe Famà
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Incoming #EU High Rep @JosepBorrellF’s first speech gave us a glimpse of #EUdiplomacy’s next 5 years. #EPhearings2019

His endorsement by the Parliament was never in doubt. Still, Borrell’s energetic speech went further than expected.

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2/ Borrell shared views with his trademark outspoken tone and all the famed sides of his character:

☞ The mature #EU integration enthusiast and former European Parliament President

☞ The responsible internationalist development buff

☞ The assertive Spanish foreign minister
3/ Borrell raised a shield in defence of the rule-based multilateral order, pointing to Ukraine as evidence of the dangers ahead if it keeps unraveling.

The sub-text: ‘I am not just talking about Moscow being unilateral, Mr Trump’.

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Brigid Laffan
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Thank you @jillongovt for posting this-must listen. Great to have a focus on the future. Interestingly I disagree with Sir Ivan on his portrayal of the #EU approach to negs- technocratic & run by the theologians & not strategic in summary. @BrigidLaffan
In my view EU had 3 strategic interests to protect in Brexit negs which it has done. 1. Following the portrayal of EU as weak & disintegrating during ref, EU had to assert its centrality in Europe. @BrigidLaffan
2. Membership has to matter/a departing state that wants to retain a lot of the status quo cannot be allowed to do so. 3. The rules based system had to be protected. @BrigidLaffan
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Sascha Ruppert
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/1 Another article questions the new sanctions by the #EU & #US against the regime in #Syria as well as its affiliated businessmen. It is stated that the sanctions continue to aggravate the suffering of the ordinary population, which contributes to ecfr.eu/article/commen…
/2 strengthening the regime instead of weakening it. I have to ask a few questions, which are always up for discussion. The author claims at the beginning of the article that outrage alone cant be a policy from which to expect any useful results.
/3 Its clear that to execute these sanctions across all sectors, without a formulation of a real political vision, is a breeding ground for the propaganda of the regime. In this thread, I have also made aware of it.
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How about a #Remain manifesto, agreed & promoted by all major Remain groups? #RemainManifesto

The purpose would be to explain how, if we Remain, we can address Leave's concerns and can commit a future govnt to enact them, to the letter. 1/20
The manifesto could address the main reasons we have been told for the Leave vote.

It could focus purely on the key areas - immigration, sovereignty, EU federal plans, EU wastefulness.
It could detail precise ways in which we can protect ourselves from these concerns. 2/20
hy not compromise by changing Britain as it is today, but not by leaving the EU? And save the cost & risk of Brexit.

But I think we should only address the areas directly detailed as being the reasons for the Leave vote. Not what we suspect may be underlying. 3/20
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This is gonna be long, but I think it's worth it. A well-regarded twitter poster, let’s call him Giorgio, has recently publish a thread stating among other things as follows. “The pathways to stopping or delaying Brexit are blocked.
But once the mandate is discharged, the pathways to UK rejoining, or being in a close association agreement with EU, within the single market and customs union, will be open, with no obstacles.”
This approach annoys me for two reasons, one because Giorgio seems to be attempting to cajole Remainers to put all activity on hold until we actually leave the #EU.
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