by Oui
Thu Feb 18th, 2021 at 06:10:12 AM EST
"The EU is on a land-grab," says Sam Lowe, of the Centre for European Reform.
Beyond Brexit - Michel Barnier
European Business Summit: Exclusive interview with Brexit Chief Negotiator Michel Barnier and Bloomberg Reporter Maria Tadeo
Competition between BoJo's Britain First! and Von Der Leyen's EU-27 Interests all that matters. A state of permanent alert to prevent tactics to circumvent EU rules and regulations. Singapore On The Thames.
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Boris Johnson's adviser on regulatory reform, Iain Duncan Smith, has said he will not lead a "slash-and-burn exercise" when it comes to changing Britain's post-Brexit rules.
Duncan Smith's comment chime with warnings from business leaders that they do not want the UK prime minister to oversee a "bonfire" of EU red tape and instead want to see him focus on ensuring the government becomes "nimbler" at making new rules.
The idea of a post-Brexit conflagration, laying waste to what they see as stifling Brussels regulation, has been a staple of Eurosceptic discourse for years, but it is being quietly doused by the government.
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Duncan Smith, chair of Johnson's innovation, growth and regulatory reform task force, said his group would be proposing "fast and sensible" regulatory reforms, drawing on English common law principles.
"You need people to take responsibility -- we intervene when necessary."
Lord Frost: Brexit negotiator joins cabinet to deal with EU | BBC News |
This appointment again shows that Brexit didn't end with the signing of a trade deal.
While the UK is no longer a member of the EU, negotiating with Brussels and member states will preoccupy this and future governments for years to come.
Since the start of the year (and the end of the transition period) serious tensions have flared up between Westminster and Brussels over trade disruption between Great Britain and Northern Ireland and vaccine supplies.
Other issues, such as the City of London's access to EU markets, remain unresolved.
'Slash and burn' of EU rules ruled out post-Brexit ... statement has earned a number of Pinocchio's.
