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27 Oct, 5 tweets, 2 min read
The 24 hour news cycle at work. Here's a quick deescalation thread to explain (thread)
France was contemplating measures. Apparently in a press meeting these were discussed under the heading of "seafood ban" (h/t @jonhenley ). This lead to the times report. thetimes.co.uk/article/france…
Now a seafood ban in my off-the-top-of-my-hat analysis seems to breach the TCA. (Is it a countermeasure? Cannot do those under the TCA if you don't find wording to support it). BUT...
When @CBeaune tweeted the measures there was no seafood ban. The measures France announces are retorsion. France argues that all of these measures are legal as such. Unfriendly in response to unfriendly behaviour, yes. But not breaking obligations.
Let's make sure the seafood ban wording which is not in any legally relevant document does not get out of hand...

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27 Oct
Apart from the increasing level of humour of this story, there's a problem of our discourse that is dangerous for our society and our future. /1
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24 Oct
So here we go: Why Weiss and K 3/21 (the decision of the Polish Constitutional Tribunal) are - in law - fundamentally different. A thread. Even I hope it won't be a long one. (Thread)
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Second caveat: I do not read Polish, I have to rely on the translation provided by the Polish Court itself. I do not like the translation the BVerfG provides. I assume there will be problems with the Polish Court's translation, too. But let's assume the basics are ok.
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Quick thread with links to EU proposals.
1) Q&A overview ec.europa.eu/commission/pre…
2) Governance (or stakeholder engagement) ec.europa.eu/info/system/fi…
3) Customs ec.europa.eu/info/system/fi…
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What I learned from twitter today about the driver shortage: the statistics of which country lacks how many drivers are all problematic. Why?
Because the implication of that number is unclear. Poland, for example, lacks far more drivers than the UK. But the reason is that Poland is a market for drivers servicing logistics all over the EU.
Cross-border delivery of services and cabotage have a significant impact on the reality of EU trucking that is poorly represented by "X drivers are missing".
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28 Sep
The capacity to correct mistakes. A Brexit tragedy in 3 acts. (Thread)
Act 1: The realization that the EU is slow in correcting mistakes. Motivating some people to say we need to leave the EU.
To build a majority, those who simply don't want to be in the EU and those who have such abstract considerations are insufficient. Promises are made. Consequences talked down.
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I fear I profoundly disagree with Andrew in this regard. Leaving for the sake of leaving as @iainmartin1 expresses here is entirely legitimate - and we would be better of if people had been frank and open about this. Let me explain this point of view (thread)
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However, I do not want to be part of Switzerland. Personally I do not get the Swiss type of democracy, I cannot emotionally relate to the magic formula at all and would not call Switzerland more democratic. But it‘s the Swiss way and that‘s fine with me from the outside. /3
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