Current Affairs EU In or Out

[NilSatisOptimum]

What is the boat going to do spring wheels and go ashore and capture the power station... Talk about playing to your base and it's war fetishes, it's Johnson 1983 moment... Sink the Belgrano and splurge.

 

[Bruce Wayne]

Shouldn't come to that, I think they're already making a full retreat because of their most recent dispute

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Reminds me of this from last year

Poland accidentally invaded the Czech Republic last month

The Polish military has admitted it accidentally invaded the Czech Republic last month, but it insists its brief occupation of a small part of the country was simply a "misunderstanding."

edition.cnn.com

 

[peteblue]

I am sure Jersey does its own deals with France in its own waters, dosnt come under UK jurisdiction?

That is correct. The issue appears to be that Jersey fishermen have to follow certain rules and regulations that the French don’t want to follow, and that French boats are either unable or the French government is withholding information showing that they previously fished in those waters.....

 

[NilSatisOptimum]

Outside hoorah splurge of Brexit and gun boats, locals tell a different story...

Oyster farmer: ‘It has been an absolute disgrace by our government’ - Jersey Evening Post

JERSEY’S largest oyster producer says he stands side-by-side with aggrieved French fishermen and will even support a potential 'peaceful' port blockade – if it goes ahead.

jerseyeveningpost.com

 

[peteblue]

France being France.....

”BERLIN (Reuters) - France is delaying a European Union order for 1.8 billion doses of the BioNTech/Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine planned for the next two years, Germany’s Die Welt daily newspaper reported on Friday, citing EU diplomats.

The paper said it was unclear what the reason was for hesitation from Paris, but diplomats had speculated that it might want French companies to play a bigger part in the vaccine production.

The paper reported that at recent meetings about vaccine orders, French representatives had held up decision-making by posing technical questions and requests for clarifications.

Due to massive global demand for booster doses as well as vaccines for young people, EU governments fear that they may be too late and lose out on the order.

“That would be a disaster for which France would be responsible,” Die Welt quoted one diplomat as saying.”

I’ve no doubt they will place the order, but this helps to sum up what the EU is really about....

 

[Bruce Wayne]

I’ve no doubt they will place the order, but this helps to sum up what the EU is really about....

99% of the time the world isn't in a global crisis. Cooperation is vital in those times.

 

[peteblue]

Amazon 1 - European Union 0

I wonder if they will have better luck in court with AZ......

 

[PaulPowersTash]

I see that bastion of of the EU who is Michael Barnier has now come out and said that the EU should end non-EU immigration into France and to re-examine the Schengen passport-free travel zone in mainland Europe. Somewhat different to what he was advocating during the Brexit talks...

 

[peteblue]

I see that bastion of of the EU who is Michael Barnier has now come out and said that the EU should end non-EU immigration into France and to re-examine the Schengen passport-free travel zone in mainland Europe. Somewhat different to what he was advocating during the Brexit talks...

He’s just trying to position himself between Macron and Le Pen...

 

[PaulPowersTash]

He’s just trying to position himself between Macron and Le Pen...

But still a major Hypocrite.

 

[peteblue]

But still a major Hypocrite.

Of course he’s both French and a Politician....

 

[JimmyJeffers]

Of course he’s both French and a Politician....

 

[peteblue]

That’s him.....

 

[Bruce Wayne]

He's wrong, but he is a conservative so anti-immigrant views are hardly that surprising.

 

[JimmyJeffers]

He's wrong, but he is a conservative so anti-immigrant views are hardly that surprising.

Trying to position himself as the ‘centrist’ candidate between Le Pen and Macron for a presidential run made me chuckle and also vomit.