(Some of the things on this list might end up being replicated in an eventual deal. But none will by default.)
3. The freedom for UK citizens to travel, work, study and retire anywhere in the EU. They keep this right even if they move from one EU country to another, or back to the UK.
5. No limits on how long UK citizens can holiday in the EU (after transition ends they'll be limited to 90 days in any rolling 180-day period for countries in the Schengen Area.)
8. Support for the Good Friday Agreement, and active promotion of the Irish peace process, including PEACE funding of over EUR 1.5 billion between 1995-2020.
10. Shared space exploration (some will still continue via ESA, but more limited)
11. Participation in the Galileo GPS satellite cluster
13. UK car insurance valid all over the EU
14. Pet passports that make travel with pets easy
15. A simple scheme of fixed compensation for flight delays & cancellations thanks to EU Air Passenger Rights.
17. Mobile roaming (calls, texts and data) at home prices
21. Erasmus student exchange programme that benefits tens of thousands of students a year.
23. Enhanced consumer protection, including for cross-border shopping
25. Training courses for the unemployed, funded by the European Social Fund
27. Free movement for musicians and their instruments, bands and their equipment, artists and their materials etc. making it easy to organise tours and exhibitions all over Europe.
29. Cleaner beaches
30. High air quality standards
31. Court of last resort (ECJ) accessible to individuals and companies
33. Safer medicines and quicker certification of new medical products, thanks to pan-EU testing regime
34. Collaboration on infectious diseases and pandemics
36. Participation in the European arrest warrant programme
38. Support for rural areas that have long been ignored by successive UK Governments
39. Better food labelling (no hiding chlorinated chicken!)
41. European Capital of Culture programme, which has boosted cities such as Glasgow and Liverpool
42. Service providers (e.g. freelance translators) can offer their services to clients all over the EU
44. EU citizenship (it's a real thing with real benefits especially if you run into trouble abroad, and it's distinct from UK citizenship - look it up!)
46. Venture capital funding and startup loans
48. Mutual recognition of academic qualifications
49. Legal protection for foods of geographic origin, e.g. Melton Mowbray pork pies
50. No credit and debit card surcharges (EU regs made such surcharges illegal)
52. A bigger, stronger presence on the world stage
53. Use of EU queues at ports and airports
55. Strong protection against GM food and chlorinated chicken (EU food standards are among the highest in the whole world)
57. Financial services passport, enabling firms in the City to service the whole EU market (passporting is what helped make London the financial capital of the world)
58. Strong intellectual property protections
60. Consular protection from any EU embassy outside the EU
61. Baseline of worker protections (which we can improve on at any time, but never drop below)
63. Enhanced medical research partnerships
64. A friend to cosy up to against the might of the USA and China
65. A willing seasonal workforce to pick our fruit and vegetables
67. Minimum 2 year guarantee on all products
68. Protection against unfair treatment in the workplace thanks to the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights
70. More influence on environmental measures that transcend borders (help shape the policies that all EU countries must follow)
72. British MEPs and representation at all levels of the EU
74. Some of the highest toy safety standards in the world
75. Protection of 500 bird species under legislation dating back to 1979, and amended in 2009
This is NOT an exhaustive list. But it gives you a taste of what went by the wayside when we left the EU.
As I said, we *might* get some of this back.
The default position is this: we are out of the EU and all of its treaties and agreements. That means everything we had as EU members will be gone at the end of the transition period.
Can we negotiate some back? Maybe. In 6 months? Doubtful.
But the EU isn't punishing us for leaving.
Our punishment, self-inflicted, is the direct consequence of having decided to leave.
So any narrative that says "we don't get back as much as we put in" that ignores everything without a specific pricetag on it is an absurd lie.
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