My opinion (without being an international lawyer): Article 50(2) includes the phrase "shall negotiate AND CONCLUDE an agreement with that state", and article 50(2) applies until Oct 31, 2019, or whatever further extension date is asked and granted. ...

Irish PM Varadkar: The Gap On Brexit Is Very Big

Yeah, you are very well versed in the letter of the GFA. It is as you say it. Beside the letter, however, in legal matters there is the concept of following the SPIRIT OF THE LAW (in this case agreement) not just THE LETTER. url The predominant ...

Irish PM Varadkar: The Gap On Brexit Is Very Big

"The legal advice of the Attorney General says that there is no way for the UK to leave the backstop unilaterally: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-46455489" Yep. I know. The anti-backstop logic is like trying to sign an agreement with ...

Irish PM Varadkar: The Gap On Brexit Is Very Big

"Wrong. The UK would be a third party country and not part of the EU treaties. Therefore checks on goods coming from the UK into Ireland would have to be declared. This is how customs unions work." Custom Unions are tailor-made FTAs between ...

Irish PM Varadkar: The Gap On Brexit Is Very Big

Article 50 url 1. Any Member State may decide to withdraw from the Union in accordance with its own constitutional requirements. 2. A Member State which decides to withdraw shall notify the European Council of its intention. In the light of the ...

Irish PM Varadkar: The Gap On Brexit Is Very Big

The quote talks about the GFA not requiring customs union or regulatory alignment (a true point but one I never made), it says nothing about the hard border reappearing not breaking GFA (the point I made). I take it you are unable to find support ...

Irish PM Varadkar: The Gap On Brexit Is Very Big

"Brexit"... "there are many ways to leave, only one to remain", right, verv, - so which Brexit are you talking about? ... I am talking specifically about no deal. Brexit with WA or customs union, of course, are fine with Ireland. A hard border at ...

Irish PM Varadkar: The Gap On Brexit Is Very Big

Sure it is. No deal day, UK does nothing. Ireland also does nothing - they are in breach of Common Market treaty. Just as Bulgaria or Greece would be if they abandoned checks on their borders with Turkey, or Poland - the one with Ukraine. Or Ireland ...

Irish PM Varadkar: The Gap On Brexit Is Very Big

It infringes on their souvereignty if they are forced to put up a border where an international treaty they signed says there shouldn't be one while at the same time should they fail to do so, they would violate another one, the treaty of the common ...

Irish PM Varadkar: The Gap On Brexit Is Very Big

Why so surprised? It is a point I made already long ago - by doing a no deal Brexit and then just doing nothing, Johnson and gang de facto put Ireland in front of two choices that are not only both unpleasant but more importantly infringe on Irish ...

Irish PM Varadkar: The Gap On Brexit Is Very Big

With all due respect - EU is behaving like the bored "lover" in a stale relationship with a disfunctional and arrogant nervous wreck, daughter of a now working class family whose forefather was a Duke in Victorian times. That woman had raised a ...

Leaked resolution reveals the EU is preparing to grant the UK another Brexit extension

When the problem is stated as "we need either foreign immigrants or native lower class or robots to provide the cheap labour needed", then each of the components of this statement can provide a primary solution (more complex secondary solutions can ...

German budget adjustment possible if outlook warrants: Ministry

More like a wet dream than a fantasy. Whoever shorted EURUSD at the ECB rate decision news, hope got out with a few pips before the bear trap snapped.

Death Of The Euro Is A Fantasy

Why are you keep talking about Remain? I am not a Remainer. I am not UK citizen, I am EU citizen. My point of view is protecting EU and its interests, because my own interest is aligned with that. And at this point, I judge EU to gain more of ...

UK Lawmakers Reject PM Johnson’s Request To Hold An Early Election

So, if the birth rate was something like 2.5 - 3 children per family, then the majority of these costs - food, transportation, healthcare, etc, pretty much everything EXCEPT cultural fit, will still be there. Financial and political fracturing will ...

German budget adjustment possible if outlook warrants: Ministry

Again a campaign fought by falsehoods, distortion of facts, ridiculing of experts begets nothing but failure when attempted to be executed and should be terminated once this becomes obvious. Leavers need to own that.

UK Lawmakers Reject PM Johnson’s Request To Hold An Early Election

Leavers want to make Brexit happen, then make it. If they can't, then fold. Don't ask the opposing camp to stand down passively and even help them, and especially claim this is the only democratic course of action. This is the idea I called absurd ...

UK Lawmakers Reject PM Johnson’s Request To Hold An Early Election

Farage's quote is a good indication of what he (and he is the arch-Leaver) intended to do as at the time the default position was that the Remain will win. No matter how much you deny it, his intention comes through crystal clear. Judging from ...

UK Lawmakers Reject PM Johnson’s Request To Hold An Early Election

Thanks for reading.

UK Lawmakers Reject PM Johnson’s Request To Hold An Early Election

"52 on 48 referendum, that would be an unfinished business a long way" Remember who said that? Sounds like a great approach to "respecting the winner side". And now you are begging for "respecting" a 52 on 48 in that guy's side's favour? ...

UK Lawmakers Reject PM Johnson’s Request To Hold An Early Election