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You may be right, but as I see it Wolfgang Schäuble is only restating the obvious. The single market is a free market not only for the movement of goods and services but also for capital and labour. It is regulated by EU rules agreed by the member states. And it comes as a package so as to promote fair competition on a level playing field. To allow any one country to enjoy market access but restrict the free movement of labour would be to undermine the fairness of the market for everyone else. This is something that Margaret Thatcher well understood, which is why she insisted on the free movement of labour in the 1980s.
There is no halfway house. We are either in the single market or we are not. And to pretend otherwise, as some Brexiters do, is pie in the sky.
Bleeding Germans on 19:17 - Jun 10 by longlostjack
Aldi is the best thing that's happened to the UK for a very long time.
Ever since my son was... never conceived, because I've never had consensual sex without money involved... I've always kind of looked at you as... a thing, that I could live next to... in accordance with state laws.
Pain or damage don't end the world. Or despair, or f*cking beatings. The world ends when you're dead. Until then, you got more punishment in store. Stand it like a man... and give some back.
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Bleeding Germans on 20:17 - Jun 10 with 4856 views
Don't know but heard they sell more beemers in the UK than they do to the Krauts. Anyway, I though the article was pretty fair but detected a slight irony in that brexit could lead to reformation. We might be behind the Turkey and Ukraine in the queue to get back in by then.
‘……. like a moth to Itchy’s flame ……’
You may be right, but as I see it Wolfgang Schäuble is only restating the obvious. The single market is a free market not only for the movement of goods and services but also for capital and labour. It is regulated by EU rules agreed by the member states. And it comes as a package so as to promote fair competition on a level playing field. To allow any one country to enjoy market access but restrict the free movement of labour would be to undermine the fairness of the market for everyone else. This is something that Margaret Thatcher well understood, which is why she insisted on the free movement of labour in the 1980s.
There is no halfway house. We are either in the single market or we are not. And to pretend otherwise, as some Brexiters do, is pie in the sky.
So China isn't in the EU as we know. But they sell stuff hand over fist in Britain which is in the EU. They seem to have pretty good access to the EU market. Why can't we come out and still sell to Europe like the Chinese do?
If you can fill the unforgiving minute.
With sixty seconds' worth of distance run,
Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it,
And - which is more - you'll be a Man, my son!
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Bleeding Germans on 21:03 - Jun 10 with 4774 views
If the UK leaves I think it will be the beginning of the end of the EU project as we know it.
It's already the beginning of the end, the EU is like a bus going down a steep hill with no brakes and a French and German driver trying to take control of the steering wheel, do we jump off now or wait until it crashes into the oncoming brick wall.
If the UK leaves I think it will be the beginning of the end of the EU project as we know it.
Mentioned it in the other thread. If the UK leaves and does well then there's plenty of people all over the continent, especially in Germany who will be wondering why the f*ck they're still involved.
Pain or damage don't end the world. Or despair, or f*cking beatings. The world ends when you're dead. Until then, you got more punishment in store. Stand it like a man... and give some back.
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Bleeding Germans on 21:12 - Jun 10 with 4756 views
It's already the beginning of the end, the EU is like a bus going down a steep hill with no brakes and a French and German driver trying to take control of the steering wheel, do we jump off now or wait until it crashes into the oncoming brick wall.
good analogy and i reckon pretty near the mark.
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Bleeding Germans on 21:17 - Jun 10 with 4745 views
It's already the beginning of the end, the EU is like a bus going down a steep hill with no brakes and a French and German driver trying to take control of the steering wheel, do we jump off now or wait until it crashes into the oncoming brick wall.
A pity Cameron was so pathetically Etonian about his diplomacy by trying to woo Merkel with a red carpet and a state banquet. The Germans are a nation of engineers and can see through all that crap. A pity because German interests coincide in so many ways with the UK's and could be a natural ally for pushing reform within the EU. The U.K. needs to move on, the war was yesterday and the Empire was the day before yesterday. It's 2016 not 1916.
If we were to trade with the EU under WTO rules, as China does, then we would be much worse off than we are now. First, our goods trade would be subject to EU tariffs. Second, we would lose our present rights of access to EU markets for service providers. This would be seriously bad news for our financial services industry in particular, causing major job losses and lost tax revenue.
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Bleeding Germans (n/t) on 22:08 - Jun 10 with 4663 views
It is time for the EU to be saved! It is time for Baron Kinnock of Bedwellty and Baroness Kinnock of Holyhead to enter the fray!
They must tell us all of how their EU status, personal achievements and contributions improved the lives of ordinary Welsh/U.K citizens. Apparently they have amassed a £10 million Pound personal fortune. Was this multi-million Pound fortune some form of reward and testimony for their invaluable services? Perhaps they should mention this sum to extol the virtues of British EU participation?
Argus!
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Bleeding Germans on 22:22 - Jun 10 with 4638 views
It is time for the EU to be saved! It is time for Baron Kinnock of Bedwellty and Baroness Kinnock of Holyhead to enter the fray!
They must tell us all of how their EU status, personal achievements and contributions improved the lives of ordinary Welsh/U.K citizens. Apparently they have amassed a £10 million Pound personal fortune. Was this multi-million Pound fortune some form of reward and testimony for their invaluable services? Perhaps they should mention this sum to extol the virtues of British EU participation?
Can't argue with that. I think you're absolutely right. But if the EU is a gravy train then so is the Welsh Assembly, Westminster, the United Nations etc etc.
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