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21 sats \ 4 replies \ @TomK OP 25 Jun \ parent \ on: Geopolitics: the big loser is Europe econ
Europe has entered into several bureaucratic layers. on the one hand the EU and on the other hand the eurozone, which is under siege from the ECB. depending on membership, the standard rates of both apply, but those who are not members of the respective clubs regularly adapt these standard rates because they are forced into them. that was also the reason for England's exit from the EU.
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42 sats \ 3 replies \ @duvel 25 Jun
I can imagine. If your a non-EU country surrounded/trapped by EU countries you probably have no choice but to adopt EU rules, otherwise trade will be difficult.
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0 sats \ 2 replies \ @TomK OP 25 Jun
the EU is a club of blackmailers. look: in the case of brexit, the trade rules that existed before could simply have been left in place if they had been benevolent. but no, the British absolutely had to be punished for their outrage.
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0 sats \ 1 reply \ @duvel 25 Jun
How were the British punished?
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21 sats \ 0 replies \ @TomK OP 25 Jun
the British have been held back for years with EU negotiations and kicked out of the customs union. in addition, the successive governments have happily continued the EU's migration policy and flooded the country with people who cannot be culturally assimilated. that was the establishment's revenge.
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