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Re: Brexit (none / 1)
Tusk & Co. are making a lot of noise about not giving the UK another extension, and not renegotiating the separation, and how the British are wasting time, but that the EU is solidly all-for-on-and-one-for-all, etc. Do they believe it themselves?

Has there been a clear statement made to European commercial interests to use the next few months to set themselves up for a no-deal Brexit? Or is Europe, like the UK, waffling on this and just procrastinating in the hopes that BoJo will pull out some kind of a miracle?

by asdf on Sat Jun 22nd, 2019 at 03:02:06 PM EST
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Diversity is the key to economic and political evolution.
by Cat on Sat Jun 22nd, 2019 at 03:43:15 PM EST
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I'd assume it's part genuine and part negotiating position - the aim being to force the UK moderates towards forcing an election and/or ref to avoid No Deal.
by ThatBritGuy (thatbritguy (at) googlemail.com) on Sat Jun 22nd, 2019 at 03:50:49 PM EST
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Re: Brexit (4.00 / 2)
Has there been a clear statement made to European commercial interests to use the next few months to set themselves up for a no-deal Brexit?

There has been some preparations back in February - March, when the first March 29 was approaching and the WA still stuck in the HoC. Since then, the things have been put mostly on hold. Contingencies are one thing, but no point on planning now when we cannot tell what the new PM will be up to. Folks in Brussels affect not to take BoJo's bluster at face value and they have more urgent things on their plate right now, with the increasingly ugly fight for the EU's top posts.

Once PM, BoJo could go any direction and has already flip-flopped more than once in the past; actually, since we're talking about Brussels, the term "waffling" is definitely appropriate.

by Bernard (bernard) on Sat Jun 22nd, 2019 at 06:52:38 PM EST
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Big companies have plans, small ones can't afford them, given the uncertainty of them being applied. If it all goes bad they'll go out of business or be bailed out. Creative destruction I guess.
by Colman (colman at eurotrib.com) on Sun Jun 23rd, 2019 at 06:15:39 PM EST
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