Cont: Brexit: Now What? Part 5

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Trump told May to Sue th EU not negotiate

Donald Trump told Theresa May she should sue the EU rather than negotiate, she has told the BBC.

The US president said on Friday at a joint press conference that he had given her a suggestion but she had found it too "brutal".

Asked by the BBC's Andrew Marr what it was he had said, she replied: "He told me I should sue the EU - not go into negotiations."

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-44838028
 
And where? In front of the CJEU? :D

Does Trump think that in such a case SCOTUS might finally have a word in the judicial proceedings or on the ruling?
 
The Don said:
Unsettling isn't it ?

The proposal that a sector that comprises 80% of the UK economy, and which has a large trade surplus with the EU, and which is highly mobile is excluded from the proposed customs cooperation is basically a green-flag for Dublin, Paris and Frankfurt to come and help themselves to nice slices of the City, EU-facing service companies (like the IT and aerospace sectors) to relocate and wave goodbye to pan
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Don't forget Lisbon and Amsterdam.
 
The Don said:
How would she sue ?
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Degeneve said:
And where? In front of the CJEU? :D
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And for what? AFAICS, the divorce bill has been agreed on. For the rest, the EU does not owe anything to the UK. Article 50 does not require to negotiate on future relations. That is purely courtesy, in legal terms.

ETA: the EU does not owe that to Northern Ireland either. The CoE, not the EU, is co-guarantor of the Good Friday Agreement.
 
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ddt said:
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And for what? AFAICS, the divorce bill has been agreed on. For the rest, the EU does not owe anything to the UK. Article 50 does not require to negotiate on future relations. That is purely courtesy, in legal terms.

ETA: the EU does not owe that to Northern Ireland either. The CoE, not the EU, is co-guarantor of the Good Friday Agreement.
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Another demonstration of President Trump's lack of understanding of anything to do with international relations, diplomacy or even the law ?
 
ddt said:
ETA: the EU does not owe that to Northern Ireland either. The CoE, not the EU, is co-guarantor of the Good Friday Agreement.
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Man, I don't think the Catholics would be very happy with the Church of England being the co-guarantor of the GFA. :p
 
Captain_Swoop said:
Trump told May to Sue th EU not negotiate

Donald Trump told Theresa May she should sue the EU rather than negotiate, she has told the BBC.

The US president said on Friday at a joint press conference that he had given her a suggestion but she had found it too "brutal".

Asked by the BBC's Andrew Marr what it was he had said, she replied: "He told me I should sue the EU - not go into negotiations."

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-44838028
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I'm happy to hear that Trump endorses international courts. Ironically, his suggestion is not too brutal for Brexiteer tastes but much too soft.
 
AnonyMoose said:
Yes, the original idea behind forming the EU was that of "stronger together".

But the problem is that it's now become nothing but a bureaucratic nightmare with the suits in Brussels dictating terms to the other member countries. Thus tying the hands of sovereign nations being able to make decisions on an individual basis, based on each country's individual needs.
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You really don't know much about the EU do you?
 
AnonyMoose said:
No need to dig out a bunch of examples to make my point.t.
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So no examples then?

AnonyMoose said:
The fact that Brussels is making it so difficult for the UK to exit and placing a bunch of ridiculous demands in order for them to do so.... speaks for itself and makes my case in point for me.
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Those of us with experience in the complexities of international relations would disagree.
 
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