Donald Tusk – ‘One yr is sufficient’ to finish commerce deal Andrew Marr spoke to the previous President of the European Council, Donald Tusk. Bor
Donald Tusk – ‘One yr is sufficient’ to finish commerce deal
Andrew Marr spoke to the previous President of the European Council, Donald Tusk. Boris Johnson’s critics have heaped scorn upon the concept the UK and the EU can attain a complete free commerce settlement with out extending the present Brexit transition interval previous the tip of 2020. Tusk nonetheless, begged to vary on this:
“One yr is sufficient to finalise our negotiations”
Donald Tusk says a UK-EU commerce deal might be accomplished inside a yr, and each side “should exhibit good will”https://t.co/MhDfkWYZtI #Marr pic.twitter.com/iCDGQgUmJE
— BBC Politics (@BBCPolitics) February 2, 2020
DT: One yr is sufficient to finalise our negotiations… We now have to exhibit good will on each side… Enterprise is enterprise… The marketing campaign can also be over. The sport is over.
The EU was both ‘bogeyman’ or ‘whipping boy’
Tusk lamented how he felt the EU had been made a scapegoat in British politics over a few years, and blamed what he noticed as an ‘irresponsible, even hostile narrative’ in direction of the establishment, which contributed in direction of the eventual referendum consequence:
Donald Tusk says the EU was the “bogeyman or a whipping boy” within the British narrative, portrayed as being “liable for each failure”https://t.co/QlAsa0Cphi #Marr pic.twitter.com/lPZw1IAGQz
— BBC Politics (@BBCPolitics) February 2, 2020
DT: The one two roles the EU performed within the British narrative was the bogeyman or a whipping boy. We have been liable for each failure. I feel that is the primary drawback.
EU can be ‘enthusiastic’ to see Scotland be a part of
Tusk’s most controversial feedback got here with regards to a future unbiased Scotland in search of to affix the EU after the UK has left. Tusk stopped in need of saying that the EU would reward an unbiased Scotland with a neater utility course of, however overtly welcomed the precept of Scotland changing into a member:
DT: A brand new nation… means a brand new course of… Emotionally I’ve little doubt that everybody shall be enthusiastic right here in Brussels… Nonetheless, there are treaties and a few formalities, however in the event you ask me about our feelings… you’ll witness solely empathy.
Dominic Raab – Donald Tusk’s feedback ‘irresponsible’ and ‘un European’
Marr went on to interview the Overseas Secretary, Dominic Raab. Raab was irked by Tusk’s feedback about Scotland and recommended that Tusk may be making a rift with different member states, as Tusk gave the impression to be advocating for a softer stance on separatism:
Overseas Secretary Dominic Raab says Donald Tusk’s feedback on an unbiased Scotland becoming a member of the EU have been “un-European and relatively irresponsible”#Marr https://t.co/ZbzPaNBcn3 pic.twitter.com/PEtUkQWeZ3
— BBC Politics (@BBCPolitics) February 2, 2020
DR: I feel it was frankly relatively un-European and relatively irresponsible given the secessionist separatist tendencies in Spain, in France, in Italy. I’m undecided that European leaders, not to mention the UK would really welcome that sort of language.
ECJ deciding commerce disputes ‘not on the desk’
Raab additionally flat out rejected the concept the European Courtroom of Justice can be the final word arbiter in commerce disputes between the UK and the EU post-Brexit, as is presently the case. The EU has recommended that it could like the present scenario to proceed:
#Marr: What if the EU demand ECJ position in a future commerce deal?
Overseas Secretary Dominic Raab: “It’s not even a purple line. This isn’t on the desk”https://t.co/ukkyyYLfLf pic.twitter.com/ubRgWmvFpz
— BBC Politics (@BBCPolitics) February 2, 2020
DR: It’s not even a purple line. This isn’t on the desk… We’re continuing on the idea that there shall be democratic management of our legal guidelines. That’s completely inconsistent with the dispute decision mechanism determined by the opposite aspect via the ECJ.
We’ll be sure that Brits can depart Wuhan
Raab additionally instructed Marr that the federal government was nonetheless within the course of of constructing certain that every one Brits caught within the maelstrom of the coronavirus outbreak in Wuhan would be capable of be evacuated in the event that they wished. He confirmed that every one of these eliminated can be taken to Arrowe Park Hospital within the Wirral to be quarantined:
“We’ll do all the things we will” to verify British residents who need to depart Wuhan can accomplish that, says Dominic Raab
The UK Overseas Secretary confirms 11 extra British nationals are being flown again from Wuhan in China, centre of coronavirus outbreakhttps://t.co/BmwceEVHv3 #Marr pic.twitter.com/GBHbWeomaB
— BBC Politics (@BBCPolitics) February 2, 2020
DR: We’ll do all the things we will to be sure that those that nonetheless need to depart [will have] the chance to take action… We’re doing that as sensitively and as successfully as we will, and there’s an enormous quantity of effort getting into from authorities proper throughout the board.
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