)), so do check when trying to work out enforceability
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Thirdly, this process doesn't allow for financial penalties (which WA did), do it's all down to 'suspension of obligations', which can cross TCA chapters
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tl;dr tread carefully in the DSM element of all of this and don't think that removal of CJEU will make it all plain sailing for UK politicos
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A couple of caveats as we head off:
- I've read what I can of the text, but I'm relying on others' analysis
- However, any and all errors are mine
- I miss the clarity of the WA text [sic]
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The graphic maps out how much the outcome appears to map to each side's preferences, as set out in their opening positions
While the picture does seem to point to something closer to EU ideas, this needs important warnings, as you'll see
If you'd like a very simple take-away of why this has gone belly-up (and bellies were much in focus last night), then focus on trust
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The root cause of the major problems in these negotiations has been that neither side trusts the other all that much
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The UK political debate has long been coloured by the suspicion that there is some nefarious agenda behind European integration, aided by a more general distrust of grand visions
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What better way to tie up the week than with a run-through of pacta sunt servanda?
A short thread, with pictures
Thanks to @Cardwell_PJ & Therese O'Donnell @UniStrathclyde for their help on this (any errors will be mine)
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As a bit of context, PSS is a basis of customary international law, and a cornerstone of the Vienna Convention: without it, the whole treaty-making business really has no point at all
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It's important to highlight that PSS carries implications, not least that states are free to enter treaties and to act freely elsewhere, but it's on them to only enter into commitments they can keep
Several points to note:
- The problem areas are the same they've always been (LPF, fish, governance and law enforcement)
- Round 6 was the first of the accelerated programme, so reason to make +ve sounds
- intermittent +ve sounds away from the big problems
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