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10 Sep, 9 tweets, 2 min read

Oof. EU post meeting statement on UK Internal Market Bill - remove the clauses which break international rules by the end of the month or we'll take legal action against you: ec.europa.eu/commission/pre…

Vice-President Maroš Šefčovič: "The EU does not accept the argument that the aim of the draft Bill is to protect the Good Friday (Belfast) Agreement. In fact, it is of the view that it does the opposite."

"By putting forward this Bill, the UK has seriously damaged trust between the EU and the UK. It is now up to the UK government to re-establish that trust."

"The Withdrawal Agreement contains a number of mechanisms and legal remedies to address violations of the legal obligations contained in the text – which the European Union will not be shy in using."

At pretty much the same time the UK Government published details of the legal argument underpinning the UK Internal Market Bill clauses - assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/upl…

"In the difficult and highly exceptional circumstances in which we find ourselves, it is important to remember the
fundamental principle of Parliamentary sovereignty."

"Parliament is sovereign as a matter of domestic law and can pass legislation which is in breach of the UK’s Treaty obligations. Parliament would not be acting
unconstitutionally in enacting such legislation."

"Parliament’s ability to pass provisions that would take precedence over the Withdrawal Agreement was expressly confirmed in section 38 of the European Union (Withdrawal
Agreement) Act 2020, with specific reference to the EU law concept of ‘direct effect’."

And the justification in law? " This principle was recently
approved unanimously by the Supreme Court in R (Miller) v Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union [2017] UKSC 5."

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It states: "There is a lot of uncertainty about the sufficiency of enforcement in a no deal because we have 12 vessels that need to monitor a space three times the size of the surface area of the UK."

The internal Defra email also warns: "This could have reputational damage for Defra and our ability to protect fisheries so we need to provide a strong line to rebut this."

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Understand Number 10 now seriously considering indicative votes on Brexit next week. Government source tells me there could be 7 options: PM deal, revocation, second ref, deal + customs union, deal + customs + single market, FTA or no deal

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