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THERESA MAY'S FLORENCE SPEECH CONFIRMS HARD BREXIT"The United Kingdom is leaving the European Union. We will no longer be members of its single market or its customs union. For we understand that the single market’s four freedoms are indivisible for our European friends.
We recognise that the single market is built on a balance of rights and obligations. And we do not pretend that you can have all the benefits of membership of the single market without its obligations.
So our task is to find a new framework that allows for a close economic partnership but holds those rights and obligations in a new and different balance...
So we are proposing a bold new strategic agreement that provides a comprehensive framework for future security, law enforcement and criminal justice co-operation: a treaty between the UK and the EU. This would complement the extensive and mature bi-lateral relationships that we already have with European friends to promote our common security...The United Kingdom will cease to be a member of the European Union on 29th March 2019."Full text of her speech available here: [link to brexitcentral.com]  Quoting: The Original Mind
REPEAL BILL - FIRST DETAILS
- Amend 12,000 EU laws currently in UK law to remove reference to Brussels.
- 1000 new laws to to craft the transition
- Creation of a few new government-funded organizations to administer certain areas due to departure from the relevant EU organizations
Official link, with downloadable PDF: [ link to services.parliament.uk (secure)] Quoting: The Original Mind
Quoting: The Original Mind
Conservatives agree pact with DUP to support May governmentAn agreement has been reached which will see the Democratic Unionist Party back Theresa May's minority government. The deal, which comes two weeks after the election resulted in a hung Parliament, will see the 10 DUP MPs back the Tories in key Commons votes. There will be £1bn extra for Northern Ireland over the next two years. DUP leader Arlene Foster said the "wide-ranging" pact was "good for Northern Ireland and the UK" but one critic said it was a "straight bung". Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn said the deal was "clearly not in the national interest", and Sinn Fein's Gerry Adams said it enabled a "Tory Brexit which threatens the Good Friday Agreement". It has prompted calls for matching public investment in Wales and Scotland. A three page document outlining the terms of the agreement has been published in full. The DUP said it would apply for the lifetime of the Parliament, scheduled to last five years, but would also be reviewed at the end of the current session in two years' time. As part of the deal, the military covenant will be implemented in full in Northern Ireland, meaning more focus on the treatment of military veterans, while the triple lock guarantee of at least a 2.5% rise in the state pension each year, and winter fuel payments, will be maintained throughout the UK. Other key points of the agreement include: The DUP will support the Tories on all Brexit and security legislation The UK's 2% Nato defence spending target will continue to be met Cash support for farmers will remain at current levels until the next election Both parties to adhere to commitments in Good Friday Agreement No Irish border poll without "consent of the people" [ link to www.bbc.com] Deal three pager: [ link to www.gov.uk (secure)] Quoting: The Original Mind
BREXIT TALKS DAY 1: SUMMARY
- Emotional but constructive start
- Timetable, priorities, and organization agreed
- Trade talks to begin October at the earliest, after exit bill agreed
- EU will not punish Britain for leaving, but there will be significant consequences
- Talks will occur for one week in every four until October, at which point the timetable will be revised if necessary: July 17, August 28, September 18, October 9
- Britain's departure fixed at May 2019
- Much common ground on rights of EU citizens - British government to publish its position on Monday
- EU confirms Britain will leave the single market and customs union - Soft Brexit off the table [ link to www.thesun.co.uk (secure)] Quoting: The Original Mind
First, we had the Brexit megathread.
Then we had the British election thread and its baby brother: Thread: Scotland saved Brexit
And now I bring you...the Brexit negotiation thread!
With the Conservatives leading a weakened coalition government in Britain, the Brexit negotiations are off to a bad start for Britain.
At stake: Nothing less than the future of Britain.
I'll update this thread regularly with the latest news, and will link some of it in Luisport's WW3 thread for those who typically get their news there.
To begin, here's a video from Sargon of Akkad to get yourselves up to speed on the core issue: the European Single Market.
Brexit:
The United Kingdom's withdrawal from the European Union (EU), commonly called "Brexit",[1] is the result of a majority of British voters deciding to leave the EU in the referendum on the issue on 23 June 2016. Prime Minister Theresa May invoked Article 50 of the Treaty on the European Union on 29 March 2017, starting the two-year period of withdrawal negotiations. The UK is therefore set to leave the EU by April 2019.[2]
The terms of withdrawal have not yet been negotiated, and the UK remains a full member of the European Union.[3] May said that the UK government would not seek permanent single market membership,[4] and promised a Great Repeal Bill that would repeal the European Communities Act and would incorporate existing European Union law into the domestic law of the UK.[5]
The UK joined the European Communities, the predecessor of the EU, on 1 January 1973.[6][7] A referendum in 1975 approved its membership. In the 1970s and 1980s, withdrawal from the EC was advocated mainly by Labour Party and trade union figures. From the 1990s, the main advocates of withdrawal from the EU were the newly founded UK Independence Party (UKIP) and an increasing number of Conservative MPs.
The departure of the UK is expected to have a major effect on the EU: Germany and her remaining northern EU allies will lose their blocking minority of 35% in the Council of the European Union, enabling the other EU countries to enforce specific proposals such as relaxing EU budget discipline or providing EU-wide deposit guarantees within the banking union.
Let us not forget where we have been...
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