Archive for the ‘Battle for Europe’ Category
Posted by seumasach on June 29, 2016
For the hundredth time it is necessary to explain the Brits that the single market entails free movement. You might think they are just completely stupid but their goal is to undermine the EU by appealing to xenophobic instincts everywhere. This why, having received majority support to leave they refuse to invoke article 50, they refuse to leave. The whole vote has been undertaken under false pretenses: instead of leaving Europe the Brexit junta is seeks to destroy it. This enough to render the whole process null and void: the aim of the referendum was not as claimed.
Independent
29th June, 2016
There can be no “a la carte” access to the single market, the European Council president Donald Tusk has said, as Europe’s leaders agreed that Britain must accept freedom of movement if it wants access.
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Posted by seumasach on June 29, 2016
Cameron tells the EU it was YOUR immigration policy that led to Brexit
Daily Mail
29th June, 2016
Britain will refuse to sign a free trade deal with the EU unless it includes curbs on free movement David Cameron told leaders as he admitted it was immigration fears which led to the Brexit.
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Posted by seumasach on June 28, 2016
“All the world’s a stage, And all the men and women merely players”
It’s just too bad to be true- one could almost imagine that the whole thing is a giant psy-op to discredit the Brexit faction! A bit like letting Temer take power in Brazil. Funnily enough, the NYT has also featured prominently in debunking Temer and his cronies.
New York Times
Well, that didn’t take long. Some of the most prominent politicians behind the “Leave” campaign are backing away from the false claims and dubious promises that they made in the run-up to the referendum to take Britain out of the European Union.
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Posted by seumasach on June 28, 2016
“The Kremlin also took pains earlier this month to ensure that “Greater Eurasia” isn’t perceived as an anti-Western plot by inviting European nations to participate in the scheme. However, following Brexit, the “Greater Eurasia” project sounds like an alternative to the EU, rather than a mutually beneficial joint venture.”
The idea of Russia supporting the collapse of the EU seems unlike given that their closest ally China is fully supportive of it. They would also be wary of national micro-entities under neocon control such as Kosovo emerging. But the Russians think big and the Eurasian Union points to the possibility of a free trade zone from Vladivostok to Lisbon, or London. The Eurasian Union could certainly draw some countries away from Europe. In any case, Russia may well be pleased by the removal of the Atlanticist west flank of the EU and it should now be easier to draw the EU towards an eastern orientation. We have already seen unprecedented signs of this such as Steinmeier’s rebuke of NATO and Renzi’s blossoming love affair with Putin. But, talking of thinking big, we should not forget the Moscow does not confine itself to skirmishing on Europe’s eastern flank, but the seeks the grail of an overarching Moscow-Washington partnership.
Asia Times
27th June, 2016
MOSCOW–The Kremlin has been careful to dismiss claims that Britain’s vote to leave the European Union came as a development largely beneficial for Russia. Yet despite the official denials, the upcoming European disorder sparked by the UK leaving the EU appears to come as a boost to Russia’s plans of increased Eurasian integration.
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Posted by seumasach on June 28, 2016
The Leave Junta’s astonishing and incoherent claims give the impressions that they are just complete fools. I would say in their defence that the goal of Brexit is not so much to leave the EU as to destroy it. The plan, however, is not going very well.
Independent
28th June, 2016
Britain has been offered a rather smaller vision of trade than the one it has just opted to exit.
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Posted by seumasach on June 28, 2016
Projet Ayrault-Steinmeier de Nouvelle Europe
Voltairenet
27th June, 2016
The decision of the British people marks a watershed moment in the history of Europe. The European Union is losing not only a member state, but a host of history, tradition and experience, with which we shared our journey throughout the past decades. France and Germany therefore take note of this decision with regret. This creates a new situation and will entail consequences both for the United Kingdom and for the EU. The Treaty of Lisbon sets out the procedures for the orderly departure of a Member State (article 50). Once the British Government has activated these procedures, we will stand ready to assist the institutions in the negotiations clarifying the future relationship between the EU and the UK.
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Posted by seumasach on June 27, 2016
The Bank of England said it was ”monitoring developments closely“ and would take ”all necessary steps“ to support monetary stability.
It’s bailout time again- perhaps some of that money that the Eurocrats have been squandering could be used to help out?
Guardian
27th June, 2016
Trading in Barclays and RBS shares was suspended on Monday morning following heavy losses on the London Stock Exchange.
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Posted by seumasach on June 27, 2016
After Brexit, we haven’t had to wait long for the dumping of the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership with China to begin
Guardian
Britain should reconsider its “golden” friendship with China as a result of the unprecedented human rights crisis unfolding under president Xi Jinping, Conservative party MPs will warn this week.
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Posted by seumasach on April 18, 2016
LSE
23rd November, 2016
China is afraid of a British exit from the European Union. Yu Jie (Cherry) claims that the historic Sino-British strategic partnership in the making is as much about money as it is about power, and hence its importance rests on the UK’s role in a united Europe. Beijing sees its cooperation with London as the foundation of a new world order where China plays a much greater role in international affairs.
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Posted by seumasach on April 5, 2016
Arch-Eurosceptic Evans-Pritchard seems to have lost his nerve on Brexit. That a”No” vote is a vote for disaster is increasingly clear. However, a “Yes” vote in itself will not resolve Britain’s deep-seated problems. We await a positive programme for the reconstruction of British society and economy so far absent from the debate.
Ambrose Evans-Pritchard
Telegraph
Britain’s current account deficit is the worst ever recorded in peace-time since the Bank of England started collecting records in 1772 under the reign of George III.
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Posted by seumasach on April 5, 2016
The claimed US attack on the City is credible but not this conclusion:
“The biggest item on the British agenda is Brexit, and since the EU regulations on financial services are one of the biggest sticking points in the UK-EU negotiations, the revelations may make these negotiations so contentious as to strengthen the pro-Brexit lobby which will seek to escape EU’s scrutiny of London’s City.”
Without the “special relationship” there is little point in calling for Brexit since, at the same time as being excluded from Euro transactions and jeopardising the strategic partnership with China, the City would face takeover from Wall Street. This looks like lose/lose to me. Consolidating Oceania as a security block looks like an equally futile goal and would anyway be blown out of the water by a Trump victory. The British people left to their own devices may well vote for Brexit but look out for one or more “white swan” events to turn the tide in this campaign.
South Front
5th April, 2016
The “Panama Papers” affair has the unmistakable hallmarks of a net-centric hybrid war operation: a disparate group of apparently non-state actors, seemingly operating without central direction, carry out an information attack which just happens to dovetail nicely with US international policy objectives and not resulting in a black eye for any prominent US actors. Given the level of corruption of the US elite and the degree of offshoring engaged by US financial institutions, it seems all too fortuitous that the targeted firm did not do too much business with US clients, due to a variety of US laws which specific prohibit offshoring through Panamanian firms. It’s as if someone in the US decided to use Snowden’s act of civil disobedience and attempt to disguise a US information operation as a similar act by a civic-minded individual.
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In These New Times 