🚨🚨 This is a quite significant development for the EU's external relations. Association agreements normally include privileged links with third countries and deeper forms of integration. Key content here is the following: 🧵

Jacob Öberg Jacob Rees-Mogg Watching this ⬇️, it becomes quite clear why he wears a (pathetic) pseudo intellectual / Edwardian mask…and is happy to lead a nation off a cliff.

#sovereignindividual
#disastercapitalism
#arrogance

A mixture of anger at him and sadness for him. Weird.

Notwithstanding the peculiar situation of Andorra and San Marino as mictostates, thís is third-pillar EEA in action.

For me, this is the most likely way for the UK to join the European single market.

Robert Busch Jacob Öberg

ec.europa.eu/commission/pre…

Jacob Öberg Jacob Rees-Mogg The tide recedes and it’s no surprise, the cosplaying Edwardian “intellectual” has no clothes…

Slow 👏🏻

I knew that eventually someone would find me out.

(Yes, this really does refer to me, not someone of the same name.)

🚨🚨 'In today's long list of broken promises' Jacob Rees-Mogg had not only promised cheaper food, wine and clothing but also 'higher quality of food'. Unsurprisingly that turned out to be delusional nonsense. #brexitshambles
express.co.uk/news/politics/…

Jacob Öberg William Edwards Jacob Rees-Mogg let's not forget that the £ was worth Eur 1.30 on 23 June 2016 vs 1.17 now.
That too makes imported food more expensive.

These figures are eye-opening.

The expected cost of the new border checks exceeds the £330 million estimated by the Gov by a factor of 10. When you take into account not only official charges but also a range of direct and indirect business costs.

/1

For some reason, I suspect the #Brexit swivel-eyed loons won't be as keen to claim this precedent, as they tried to with Liechtenstein's... 🤭

Aaargh. It's not freedom of movement, The Guardian. The Commission proposal is a four year visa, no onward movement rights to other member-states.

Thank you Alina and Marja-Liisa for putting together this important collection and organizing the symposium, I’ve learned a lot in the last two days

Jacob Öberg Ellen Milligan Bloomberg UK Wait and see : (article from yesterday)
'The government insisted that checks would begin but said some would be delayed, with inspectors focusing on the highest risk products before scaling up to a more comprehensive regime in the future.'
theguardian.com/business/2024/…

Brexit (especially the version the Tory government chose) would have severely tested the ability of a strong and competent leadership but sadly we’ve been inflicted with the very worst on both accounts