“Our friends in the EU are currently proposing that if they pass a law in the future that we disobey, they want to have an automatic right to punish or countermeasures us,” Johnson said in a Conservative MP Edward Leigh about the chances of the deal. for approval. But he also got a question about Labor chairman Keir Starmer about the risks of leaving without an agreement. According to Johnson, Britain would then become the “magnet for overseas investors” that it already is. However, Toyota warned the British against leaving without an agreement.
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Johnson argued that whether an agreement was reached or not, Britain would benefit from it anyway, but Starmer mentioned a warning from the independent Office of Budgetary Responsibility that inflation and a weaker economy “.
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The problem is equality, Merkel pointed out
German Chancellor Angela Merkel emphasized that the main problem was not the issue of fishing in British waters, but the laws and restrictions that would be introduced in the future: “We have more or less the same legal system, EU) will differ in environmental, labor and health laws. And how will the other party react if the legal situation in either the European Union or the United Kingdom changes? And we can’t say that we won’t discuss it, because we need a playground not only for today, but also for the following days. That is why we need to find agreements on how each party will react when the other changes its law, otherwise there would be unequal conditions of competition, which it cannot accept because of our companies. “
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“This is a big and difficult topic that still lies on the table next to fishing quotas and things like that,” she added.
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Merkel warned that she would probably not decide on the fate of a possible agreement tonight: “I don’t think we will know tomorrow, but at least I can promise that it is still being worked on. But we are also prepared for Britain to have conditions that we cannot accept. Then we will go our own way without an agreement, because one thing is certain – the integrity of the single market must be maintained. “
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The heads of heads of state and state of the EU countries will not be able to discuss the form of the agreement at the summit, which begins on Thursday, as expected, because further negotiations are expected on Friday.
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However, the agreement must be approved as soon as possible, it must apply from the New Year. Postponement is not possible.
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According to Varadkar, Johnson will retreat
Irish Deputy Prime Minister Leo Varadkar, who was prime minister at the time of the Brexit talks and negotiated a compromise with Johnson on the situation on the border between Ireland and Northern Ireland, said he was convinced the British Prime Minister would agree to a compromise.
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