tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36227136.post570524708893487728..comments2024-01-16T08:40:53.682+00:00Comments on <a href="http://www.openeurope.org.uk">Open Europe</a>: Foreign Affairs Select Committee welcomes "Double Majority" voting at the EBA as concrete example of UK influence in EuropeOEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00556463374230498875noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36227136.post-69762248628973180872013-06-12T14:09:18.233+01:002013-06-12T14:09:18.233+01:00The real point which is simply not considered is n...The real point which is simply not considered is not the 'influence' UK has in new regulations, but that we don't want the damned regulations at all 'influenced' or not.<br /><br />UK 'influence' just means regulations have got one more input to make them even more intrusive.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36227136.post-27806616561581334932013-06-12T13:26:06.680+01:002013-06-12T13:26:06.680+01:00All this effort could so easily be saved by the UK...All this effort could so easily be saved by the UK just leaving the EU! But to protect our currently favourable trade position in the Single Market, we do have to leave by the EU-approved means - ie by invoking Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty. <br /><br />If we just go, however tempting that is, we will immediately become in EU terminology a GSP (General System of Preferences) country (like the USA, Hong Kong, Australia etc) subject to unavoidable EU tariffs & mandatory inspection of our goods - & probable rejection of some of them by EU staff. That's why the UK's departure has to be done via Article 50 & its 2-year negotiation period, to iron out any complications that may arise - & I suspect there will be many! <br /><br />Otherwise if we just exit without negotiations, when as a result the EU (because its own law requires it to do so) holds up or rejects our EU-destined exports, our only resort would be to reject our own EU-sourced imports, which we might well need urgently. Putting high retaliatory tariffs on them would only cause us to end up paying these tariffs ourselves on those imports we could not get easily elsewhere, & would also be in breach of WTO rules unless applied to ALL countries rather than just those EU ones which had particularly irritated us (did anyone say France?).<br /><br />So let's save ourselves the bother of any more EU contortionism which is what this Double Majority business is, by leaving. But our exit must be via the EU's Article 50, otherwise we will be the only one suffering - & initially suffering considerably!Freedom Lovernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36227136.post-80014179550812588062013-06-12T13:01:47.547+01:002013-06-12T13:01:47.547+01:00More pro-Eurofascist pablum from Open Europe and t...More pro-Eurofascist pablum from Open Europe and their friends in government.<br /><br />Nothing to see here ...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36227136.post-59693785663485743992013-06-11T16:57:25.256+01:002013-06-11T16:57:25.256+01:00i dont believe it--just a sopi dont believe it--just a sopAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com