What now for the EU ?

[Drlligaf]

Not sure why we’re fucked.

I live in the EU, hence the we. Yes I know my own decision to live here and I'm surviving, still.

 

[rickshaw-major]

As I said earlier in the thread, it is a bit surreal being on the outside looking in. I am thankful we took the leap, as I would hate to think how much we would have been paying to have been shafted in this fiasco

FOC

 

[ericferret]

Surely the Germans have put all the names on a list?

Added to the list in the horse world means castrated. Always springs to mind on these occasions.

 

[BuggerAll]

Surely the Germans have put all the names on a list?

Don't tell him, Pike!

 

[midniterunner67]

Don't tell him, Pike!

You too shall also go on ze list

 

[AfghanAndy]

BL Walt! The last person to try that was Tony Blair and he got absolutely nowhere.

 

[LeoRoverman]

He might actually have a point in a backhanded sort of way. I believe AfD had a bit of an issue and are PNG on the political scene being kept under surveillance. Despite the courts saying no, the chances are it will continue. Of course the condition of the economy will make a difference, it always has but in a cack handed way enforced liberalism is as much a tyranny.

 

[harrythebastard]

No surprises here but as of today only 5.4% of the population of Belgium, 618,000 people have only got a first vaccine dose.
Out of a population of 11.5 million.
But from 22nd March guess which of the chosen few will have their own vaccination centres in Brussels and elsewhere?
Give up then?

EU institutions to start vaccinating officials March 22

Commission, Parliament and Council have set up vaccination centers for officials and MEPs.

www.politico.eu

 

[re-stilly]

No surprises here but as of today only 5.4% of the population of Belgium, 618,000 people have only got a first vaccine dose.
Out of a population of 11.5 million.
But from 22nd March guess which of the chosen few will have their own vaccination centres in Brussels and elsewhere?
Give up then?

EU institutions to start vaccinating officials March 22

Commission, Parliament and Council have set up vaccination centers for officials and MEPs.

www.politico.eu

all animals are equal

 

[re-stilly]

And next in the EU manual of How to Win Friends and Influence People...

EU warns it will block MORE vaccines being exported

'AstraZeneca delivered less than ten per cent of the amount ordered to the EU in the period from December to March,' Ms von der Leyen said as she attempted to justify the embargo.

www.dailymail.co.uk

And they are really on a roll now...

EU Covid vaccines: Johnson & Johnson warns of supply issues

Johnson & Johnson has become the latest drug-maker to warn the EU of supply issues just two days before its Covid jab was due to be approved for use, and as a row erupted with Russia over its jab.

www.dailymail.co.uk

 

[Drlligaf]

And next in the EU manual of How to Win Friends and Influence People...

EU warns it will block MORE vaccines being exported

'AstraZeneca delivered less than ten per cent of the amount ordered to the EU in the period from December to March,' Ms von der Leyen said as she attempted to justify the embargo.

www.dailymail.co.uk

This is interesting from two points, first off the EU said that vaccines should be available to all, not just Europe and the western world. Second the AZ vaccine was inferior to the BionTech product (cos the EU sez so), so why block the export? Dog in the manger is one thing that springs to mind, coupled with, it's my toy and you can't play with it.

 

[re-stilly]

This is interesting from two points, first off the EU said that vaccines should be available to all, not just Europe and the western world. Second the AZ vaccine was inferior to the BionTech product (cos the EU sez so), so why block the export? Dog in the manger is one thing that springs to mind, coupled with, it's my toy and you can't play with it.

I don't think any pro-EU individual can defend them at current, and given their quiet fade in to the background I take it they are not keen on getting involved.

 

[re-stilly]

If you were big business looking at setting up in the EU would you really want to, or would you look outside for your investment, you might pay tariffs but you won't end up in a constant struggle to export your stuff further than the EU borders

 

[Dan Gleebles]

I don't think any pro-EU individual can defend them at current, and given their quiet fade in to the background I take it they are not keen on getting involved.

Has anybody seen HB?

 

[Ad_Astra]

Has anybody seen HB?

HB! WHO's that? (Pun intended)

 

[philc]

Meanwhile Gib is lining up to vaccinate the Over 16s first jab as everyone including some Spanish workers who travel in are done?

Gibraltar, a vaccine champion, launches 'Operation Freedom'

GIBRALTAR (AP) — Maskless parents pick up smiling Cinderellas, Harry Potters and hedgehogs from schools that reopened after a two-month hiatus just in time for World Book Day’s costume display....

apnews.com

Gibraltar, a vaccine champion, launches 'Operation Freedom

 

[History_Man]

Has anybody seen HB?

Or the others?

 

[Dan Gleebles]

Or the others?

Still praying that everything goes to rat shit for the UK?

There's always time for that to happen, of course, but being right is everything to them.

 

[oldsoak]

Funny thing is, as a rabid brexiteer, I take no pleasure in the hardships of the EU.
I want us to prosper, not for the ordinary Jean Pierre or Karl Bauer to get walloped. It could be a mutually beneficial co-existence not a cat fight.

 

[JuniorBod]

Funny thing is, as a rabid brexiteer, I take no pleasure in the hardships of the EU.
I want us to prosper, not for the ordinary Jean Pierre or Karl Bauer to get walloped. It could be a mutually beneficial co-existence not a cat fight.

Take that sensible head away and give it a wobble, mutually beneficial, does not equate to they must be punished for daring to leave the collective, there must be consequences, pour encourager les autres...

JB

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