martedì 19 settembre 2017

Brexit - some background reading

British Position
The Pound and the exchange rate
Brexit and Italy
Germany
old material on the vote in 2016 and after
Racism after vote:
Staying after all?
http://www.politico.eu/article/eu-referendum-cameron-brexit-maybe-not-after-all/

result of article: 'Taking account of the money that comes back and the aid spending, Britain in 2015 gave roughly £8.4 billion to the EU.'
British GDP
£1,940 billion 2016
British government expenditure
£772 billion 2016-17
British contribution to EU as a rough percentage of its GDP
0.43%
and of its government expenditure

1.09%


Some Questions
  1. Are the Brexit negotiations based on making decisions on questions one at a time or is nothing decided until everything is decided?
  2. Is the March 2019 deadline realistic?
  3. What exactly does Britain really expect to gain from Brexit? Can a country the size
    of Britain really be independent? For example, doesn't Britain's security ultimately rest on NATO?
  4. What kind of cooperation should continue between the EU and Britain after Brexit?
  5. How can Britain hope to remain part of the EU single market for trade but not for the circulation of labour given that this is not a negotiating point but part of the EU's basic structure?
  6. How can the Irish border question be resolved?
  7. What can Britain do to reassure the financial markets and to deal with the weakening of Sterling in exchange rates? Will there be a growing flight of capital?
  1. Is there any possibility of a second referendum given that the first was a close decision and so uneven across Britain?
  2. Do you think that the 'Leave' campaign was based on false information? Is so, would demonstrating that invalidate the referendum result and would those responsible be legally liable for misleading the public?
  3. The EU institutions have often been vilified in the British tabloid press. How can diplomats expect to conduct fair and rational negotiations on Brexit against this background? And how can Britain avoid giving the impression to Europeans of Perfidious Albion?

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