We Asked The People Of Belfast To Name The Positives Of Brexit
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- Опубликовано: 1 июл 2024
- With the general election looming, i's Global Affairs Correspondent Molly Blackall travelled to Belfast to ask the residents how they thought Brexit had impacted on their country.
Although several people felt that it had little impact on their day-to-day lives, people on the street told the i about the difficulties that it has caused in getting products from abroad.
A number of interviewees also expressed anger at the 'Vote Leave' campaign with one claiming that people had been 'duped', mentioning the infamous '350 million' for the NHS claim.
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Brexit has, undoubtedly, been particularly problematic for NI. The DUP supported it, so hopefully get punished for their part in this car crash.
as someone at work told me "Im voting leave to stop all these Somalians coming in"......I did point out that freedom of movement didnt really affect Somalia as it isnt in the EU but it fell upon deaf / clogged up with gammon ears
They knew that you doughnut.
The last guy lists his complaints and then says he won't vote. He's part of the problem.
Maybe so, but Irish people don't have the chance to vote for Labour, Tory or LibDems. They have their own parties over there. As many of them are sectarian there's more reason not to participate.
@@marksimons8861 there is the Alliance Party. Specifically set up as a non sectarian party. Sadly under current rules, cannot be first or deputy first minister though.
@@marksimons8861 Red Tories, Blue Tories, and Yellow Tories. They're as bad as anything we have. The worst version of the Tory party in human history, a party that no longer has any right to call itself 'Labour' and the Lib Dems who just exist. Plus, they're all Unionist parties. Tories run here the odd time but no one is bemoaning the lack of opportunity to vote for any of those other awful parties.
Isn’t it great that the Irish government stepped in to pay for the Erasmus programme for the students of Northern Ireland???
It is a brilliant idea 🎉
Not really no. Not when the RoI should be spending money on housing its citizens in the RoI.
You don’t need government money to solve the housing crisis. You just need to start zoning you land better and establish the necessary laws. I don’t understand how incompetent you people can be with this. UK people are also complete idiots with this man made crisis 🙄🙄
Isn't it great that the UK had to bail out the Republic in Ireland out in the financial crisis?
@@jimbo-yv5jh The UK has done FAR more then that. UK money had been going to the RoI since the RoI joined the EEC/EU. The RoI was a net beneficiary. The UK was always a net contributor.
Northern ireland voted to remain 🤦
the UK voted to leave.
@@jimbo-yv5jh we have clever one here i see 👏
@@utubeballbag just a fact.
@@jimbo-yv5jh id no idea.
which is evident as we are now still are wedded to the EU for ever more thanks to johnson and the withdrawal agreement, our futures in Europe, like it or leave!
One positive for the rest of the world: No longer hearing the disgusting term - ‘ex-pat.’
What's wrong with it? It's a legitimate English term for someone travelling or living away from their home country. It's used by Canadians, US Americans, Australians and even the Irish. And we refer to foreigners in the UK as ex-patriots, such a German ex-patriots, French ex-patriots etc.
@@mikethespike7579 Why don't we hear the term "Filipino expat" or "Iranian expat"?
Additionally, why wouldn't you refer to an English person living and working in Spain as an immigrant? Genuinely just asking.
@@Farzocalypse21 An immigrant is someone who has decided to settle down for good and make a living in another country. That's why Brits who move to Canada or Australia are refereed to as immigrants and not expats.
An expat plans to return to his native country some day. It's quite easy to understand really, but I guess some people are too intellectually challenged.
@@mikethespike7579 I guess they must be.
However, when we were in the EU, the majority of eastern european workers were coming, with the express intention of returning home, something easy to do with freedom of movement - in all public debate they were referred to as "immigrants" - not expats.
There is a sizeable British community in Spain (and many other countries) who have worked there, are retiring there etc. - who all refer to themselves as ex-pats, not immigrants.
So, although your definition might sound good, it's certainly not how it's used.
@tazgecko I was referring to intellectually challenged people. You must have a good reason If you feel referred to by that.
Every person I talked to in and around London, never visited NI. They had zero interest and though it would be best that NI join Ireland.
The brits can't tell a Norn Iron Unionist from a real Irish person, They don't know the difference between unionists wanting union with britain and Irish people wanting re-unification of Ireland. They don't care about the Unionists and see them as a ridiculous drain on 'british' resources. I have a british neighbour where I live in Ireland, they are a retired civil servant ( so you would expect some level of understanding or common sense), one of their parents was Irish, one british. They literally cannot tell the difference between Sinn Féin and the TUV, SDLP and the DUP, and don't even mention Alliance to them. This person has lived in Ireland since 2010 and was a mid level civil servant until retirement.
the people of N.Ireland that voted for BREXIT did so for one reason they thought that the Good Friday Agreement would be made null and void... see thier hate of all things Irish and European is greater than thier love of the union. basically the stance the DUP and other unionist extremeists took and still take has done more for Irish re unification that 100 years of IRA war... and its great to see lol so lets not pretend it was about anything else other than that in N.Ireland... but always remember the people of N>IREAND voted against BREXIT just like we voted for GFA.... and the eextremists unionists hate that
Irish unity it's the only solution for brexit!
I am Irish and I believe that the people of Northern Ireland are the only ones who can decide if they wish to leave the United Kingdom and joint the rest of the island. And if they were so to decide, firm guarantees would have to be given that their religion and traditions would be honoured. The ideal would be if the whole of the island could participate with them in their particular celebrations in a friendly and wholehearted way. The other side of that coin would be if they could accept and celebrate what is celebrated in the southern part of Ireland. Only in this way would there be fully integrated Irish state.
Undoubtedly this would call for drastic compromises on both sides. I doubt if either North or South are ready for such generosity of action at this time.
As a southerner I rejoice in the prosperity that we have achieved. In my youth I saw the poverty that bedevilled Ireland whilst the North prospered. The situation has turned around. Britain seems no longer interested in its citizens in NI. Or at least it has done little to cushion them in recent troubled financial times, or indeed even currently.. It seems very 'hands off' in the matter of the changing demography in NI, when it should be preparing for what could be dramatic changes perhaps not so far down the road. But unless Britain starts preparing and developing policies now that dramatic change could be upon us in less time than one might imagine.
In the meantime, Good Luck to the people of Northern Ireland whatever their tradition!
@@xotan
All these aspects are included in the Belfast Agreement; it is the citizens of the North who must vote in favor of reunification in a referendum, just as the citizens of the Republic do.
The customs, traditions, and religion of the Protestants will be respected in a united Ireland; this is also recognized in the agreement and in the Republic's own Constitution.
@@gottmituns813 Thank you Gottmituns. I have lived outside Ireland for a quarter of a century so am not as familiar with matters there as I should be.
@@xotan
You're welcome, mate.
Wise up,will you!!!!
That's one part of the 'UK' that Reform UK Ltd. are keeping well away from.
Why not just call themselves "Reform GB Ltd."?
Go on Nigel, show up in Derry and tell them how good Brexit is.
😂😂😂
ReformUK aren’t staying away from NI. They’ve teamed up with the TUV.
Londonderry.
@@noodlyappendage6729 That's exactly what keeping away means.
@@jimbo-yv5jh I think you are confusing it with Londondelhi.
United Ireland even closer than ever has been the best thing about brexit, so well done the DUP. lol
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A positive..... A United Ireland...
One can always hope, all the best !
Let's hope so
Under the UK 🇬🇧
@@noodlyappendage6729😅😂🤣
@@noodlyappendage6729You must be joking!
The DUP! A United ireland’s best friend..
Gimmegrants, NI's best friend.
@@jimbo-yv5jhAren't you an immigrant in Ireland?
@@danganbeg7225 My family have lived in Ireland for hundreds of years, developed and made the country what it is, have the gimmegrants, why don't they stay and develop their own countries, by the way how many are living in your home?
@@jimbo-yv5jhyour still a planter o matter how long your folk were sent here! your a product of english immigration in Ireland, never forget that.
That last guy required subtitles. I have no idea what he said.
I turned them on but to no avail. The sub-titles provided had me scratching my head even more vigorously - it's as if he was auditioning for a new Paul Whitehouse character. 😂
Canadian here with a Northern Irish wife who has been to visit NI twice….He kinda sounds like he’s from Derry but also with a mouthful of cotton and/or marbles. I could barely make out anything he said. 😂😂
Sunak starmer do nothing and Nigel farrage how can you from eating snakes to running the country (taking about his time in I'm a celebrity
You were not duped, you chose to believe when many voices told you not to. The same goes for any Brexit voter who now regrets.
Brexit is the best thing that happened to Ireland. It will bring a United Ireland sooner...
Not duped, DUP'ed
how was placing economic sanctions against yourself by removing yourself from the biggest trade group going to be a good thing. a mack of common sense is what happening here
But Brexit gave Johnny Foreigner a black eye, sunlit uplands, Agincourt, blue passports, Hitler, Hitler, Hitler and Hitler!
@@thurmanmerman2720 And the Spitfires over the white cliffs of somewhere, old boy
The nation state is the upper limit of democracy, and some people value democracy above trade.
But on the other hand there are many people who value trade above democracy.
NI always done well out of the EU, grant wise. All gone and not replaced by Westminster.
Not duped. Didn’t listen
Duped or DUP? EVERY expert said Brexit whoud bring border issues. You got excatly what you voted for. No sollutions just "we dislike the EU".
the first young man who spoke is correct, re. Brexit, bringing onward a unified island of Ireland, and another lady saying it was "...an own goal" These are people living in the 6 counties so I guess they should know. As for those in the rest of Ireland, three things are abundantly clear, 1. Partition has been a slow-puncture disaster. 2. the Tories don't give a fig! and 3. a unified Ireland with a government, however it is configured, taking all 32 counties SERIOUSLY, would be far far greater than the sum of 32.
Lets get the 6 counties back in the EU
Ask Michael Collins , the Republic in Ireland is not going to be Ireland for the Irish. Your Teasack is invading Ireland with third world savages.
I need to go to Belfast just to listen to people talk. It’s so soothing and mellifluous.
you werent duped, you thought brexit would mean the return of a hard border , despite being told what problems it would cause, you chose to listen to the DUP dinosaurs, everyone else in N Ireland knew it would be a disaster and voted remain.
Brexit means brexit we are told. When we pressed on that we are told it means a British exit. Not he north of Ireland is not part of Britain it is part of the Uk. It was never called UK Exit.
It also had moved reunification onto the agenda where we can finally have a full brexit with the British out of Ireland.
I was discussing the Leave and Remain policies, as far as the public were being told, with colleagues prior to the Referendum and trying to highlight the fact about the situation if we left the EU for not only NI, but also Gibraltar and other British Overseas Territories. My colleagues didn't have a bloody clue what I was trying to say and had never even thought of the consequences beyond the boundaries of their own little world. I tried to educate them, but they had been conned into believing all our UK woes were a conspiracy by the French and Germans in the EU! Not easy trying to reason with brick walls!
They are british.
Wee were all duped but Scotland voted against leaving!!
You made a poor decision. Take responsibility. You were not duped.
Westminster kicked the NI in the bollocks hard.
Brexit has been terrible.
Èire 32 🇮🇪
The one with the red--and-white top and the leather jacket looks like she's be really fun to hang out with!
'Oh Oh what a surprise.'
Why ask that question in a region that voted Remain? Go and ask those who voted in a Brexit voting area of England or Wales.
I understand Scotland didn't want Brexit either, and they have had some close elections on independence. So, if Ireland unites and Scotland leaves it sounds like the end of the UK. I guess that's why you don't use the term Great Britain anymore, not much greatness.
Where are the English subtitles to this video?
This was a very good video. Great to hear commentary from NI.😊
NI means little or nothing to Westminster, the right there, are only concerned with English nationalism.
First guy is incredibly based
The reunification of Ireland = One health service, One police force, one education service, one civil service and that equals a better standard of living for all on the island .
Forget 1690, forget 1916, yes keep them as part of culture but just that. Lets unite the people first and then the island.
The one bird in the green jumper using “like” for every other word sounded like a transplant from the US.
That title…. DUP…ed!
They were duped by whom?
If you voted for Brexit, you need to own it. Can't keep blaming it on ignorance.
Errr...if your a French citizen and come to live in the UK your pension isn't taxed , but if your British and retired your pension will be taxed regardless of brexit or not ?
I think they liked it….
Brexit was positive in one way, it will help reunite northern Ireland with the the Republic of Ireland. Some day soon.
we were duped due to the corrupt, deceptive actions of the tory party. May was weak and failed miserably 😢
Take personal responsibility for your bad choices
It took SO MANY opportunities away from young people..
it was truly a crime against them..
I like too!!!!!
If people were to read the side of the bus properly, there was no promise. It did not say they will fund the NHS.
I've been wondering where those 350 million a week are. Surely, these must have been spent on something. Have you any idea?
@AlexGys9
Think Boris spent it on those parties.
But there again, the first time I read that little dupe-em quote, it convinced me not to vote, lol.
well it didnt exist so .....
@@AlexGys9 As the trade concessions - import/export between the EU countries - have been abolished, the savings in the annual contribution to the EU must be offset against the trade losses.
In 2022 it was a 100 billion Brexit loss
In 2023 it was a 140 billion Brexit loss
This is several times the UK contribution, which was 10 to 18 billion a year.
They diffently scewed you over and I wish you all the best !
Yaay. Taking back that control😏🤨
#UnitedIreland
'Duped' or DUP'd?
duped? their ego got the best of them.
DUPed. But they turned out to be the buffoons.
We take the north then onto England 😉
Can someone in NI answer this.Can you can pop down to the South,do your shopping and get through the border on the way back ??
Yes, but I don't know why you'd bother. Things are more expensive in the South as it's a richer country. E.g., if you go to the Enniskillen Tesco or Lidl car parks at the weekend you'll see it's full of SI reg cars doing their shopping.
Yes
There is no border
@@Choon-It’s Shapping in the Wee Black Nort…So it is…
Farmers in the ROI, have a huge advantage over NI Farmers.
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that is what voted for - europe will welcome hard working british ,, expaxt's " - but now as economical migrants - probably they will end up in germany or poland
Like,every body likes in Norn Ironed
Ireland is one country but Ni thinks they are brits they are not.a united Ireland is on the Horizon i wish we Scots can be independent too.
👍
Increased trade and legal movement from non EU countries was the biggest positive. It's what the people wanted.
The UK's goods exports and imports have contracted by 13.2 per cent and 7.4 per cent since 2019, by far more than any other G7 country.
@@bernardpearce3478 I should say positive as in promise or goal. The latter (more non EU movement) was pushed by vote leave, with the media mentioning brexit marketing to select communities
Enjoy your gimmegrants, coming to a town near you.
@@jimbo-yv5jh Enjoy it yourself Pal, EU emigrants are being replaced by educated Indians 😁, Love & Peace 😂😂🤣
Seriously? do you thik it's a good idea to scrap 70% of your trade with the EU for 2% peanuts with Australia and New Zealand? that's just pathetic
As the trade concessions - import/export between the EU countries - have been abolished, the savings in the annual contribution to the EU must be offset against the trade losses.
In 2022 it was a 100 billion Brexit loss
In 2023 it was a 140 billion Brexit loss
This is several times the UK contribution, which was 10 to 18 billion a year.
So the UK is getting poorer and poorer and will be bankrupt in around 10 years.
3:40 Both major parties in Northern Ireland have decided to bring down Stormont in the last 8 years
Correction, Stormont was brought down the first time as a result of the RHI ( cash for ash ) scandal which Arlene Foster, leader of the DUP at the time was responsible for. So the DUP brought Stormont down twice.
@@bumblingborisbuffoon6259 Apologies I didn't realise that the DUP withdraw twice from Stormont
@@dsteveno4837 technically Sinn Fein withdrew the first time but this was caused by the DUP.
hahah co ai che cuc duong bao gio dau, cho du ben trong cuc duong la thuoc doc DDDD
They have got rid of a mep salary and expenses
They could not even stop the DUP and SF salaries when they did not turn up for work. What a chance!!
Got rid of the M.E.P.s only! Their pensions are now being paid!
Imagine given education but left your brain in your mom's womb.
Northern Ireland needn't grumble. They've got the best of both worlds. Freedom of movement in the EU and easy import and export of goods.
If, for some, they can bury their pride and get an Irish passport
@sambaliwingo But every person born in NI or with parents born in NI can choose to have dual citizenship, also freedom of movement and right to live anywhere in the EU.
@sambaliwingo Northern Ireland has freedom of movement just like an EU member country in which it's citizens have freedom of movement within the EU. What do you not agree with here?
@sambaliwingo Well, if you're gonna split hairs and be a nitpicker, sure, it's people who have FoM. The rest of your comment just ascertains what I have already said.
Get a life...
easy import of gimmegrants?
We never got Brexit. Betrayed by the politicians.
We got more Brexit than I could ever have wanted. I know it could have been even worse, but still bad enough. The only possible benefit is the utter degradation of the Tories.
Who voted for these politicians?
U got brexit.. left the EU.. thats brexit right there
That's what brexiteers say when they know they were wrong but don't have the capacity to accept it. Brexit was only one thing : leaving the EU. And you left, effectively. If you do believe in fairy tales, it's nobody's else fault.
Yes you did you got exactly what you voted for. And you have been warned about it numerous times.
But you choose to call it "project fear" now at least take the responsibility of what you have done.
If you want to know why "wholly in the UK and wholly in the EU" hasn't happened, then ask the French and Germans. They are the ones who decided to weaponise the GFA in order to "punish the British" and ensure that "the British must not be seen to gain", those are the words of Macron and Merkel. The deal championed with great foresight by Enda Kenny was approved by the Commission. Therefore only political intervention meant it didn't happen. It didn't come from Boris Johnson.
This shows just how weak the UK is in all reality. Ireland, working together with France and Germany are perfectly able to "punish the British" and there is nothing even a British PM can do about it.
Salty quitling tears about not getting the benefits that the known lier Johnson spouted.
It's like you don't understand that the EU works for the benefit of the remaining members and don't really care about what happens to the UK.
It's not punishment. It's indifference.
ooohhh, poor Britain. Britain feels punished. It left the club and is now sulking like a teenager because it is no longer allowed to use the facilities of the club.
@@peterholden3672 Members only fee paying clubs always have rules. If only one member obeys the rules, then it doesn't take forever for that member to realise they are being played for fools.
It isn't the UK that is sulking, we have seen only recently how when the UK took a modest measure to protect the Sand Eel, a basic sea species, countries across the southern North Sea were lining up to demand that the Commission did something about it. The Commission in turn were widely reported to be exasperated with member nations who seem not to have noticed that the UK isn't subject to their sanction any more.
@@AlexGys9 It did surprise us that Germany wanted to punish us for leaving. We had expected most european countries to want the UK as friends and allies. Clearly Germany's interests in keeping the UK outside the 'inner family' trumped those of just about every other nation. Fortunately, we are a forgiving lot, so when it came to the real world, we were easily able to help Sweden, Finland and Poland out when Putin stepped over Ukraine's border.
get over it, its done
The fat lady hasn't started singing yet!
It can be undone, so no.
We weren't duped, Brexit has never been implemented properly by the Tories 😡
No this is brexit. This is what you've been to told would happen.
There is no "other way" to implement it, when is it going to sink in you asked for exactly this and you have gotten it.
But enlighten me, tell me how they should have done it properly genius.
The main thing is that you now live in an independent country with a sovereign parliament.The problem with all these people is how little they know about the EU today. How do they think life is in Italy or in the economically collapsing Germany? And they probably would all be surprised to learn that the EU cheap goodies was just grooming to get countries and societies to abandon their political, economic independence. EU Law is supreme throughout the EU and Trumps national Law…including national constitutions ffs….100% of the time. Former countries are now “Provinces” in all but name.
I would vote today tomorrow and every day for the rest of my life brexit
you've been talking to too many Alliance voters. the people of Northern Ireland want a proper Brexit not a border down the Irish sea, if the EUSSR want to monitor goods going into the Republic let them put checks at Dundalk and Dublin.
There has been a border down the Irish Sea since the formation of Northern Ireland, it served us well. We are part of the UK but we are not Britain. Because there was additional regulatory consequences attached to Brexit does not make it an additional border.
Oh Jimbo, Jimbo, where have you been? Asleep under a rock? The majority in NI voted to REMAIN you silly boy. Anyway, the reunification train has already left the station.
Exactly! Love from London ❤️ 🇬🇧
@@davidmiller3709 you're first sentence is a lie. No one said Northern Ireland is part of Britain it is part of a UNITED KINGDOM.
The people of Northern Ireland voted to remain. Idiot.
I’m here for the salty Irish Republican and European Union tears 🇬🇧
Irish republicans are loving it because it helps their cause and the European Union doesn’t care because nobody off the island of Ireland cares about Northern Ireland.
What tears? Ireland and Europe are doing fine. It’s your country that’s the basket case!!🇮🇪🇪🇺
@@tonymurray814 Doing fine my arse. I've just come back from Paris. What a shithole. A complete ghetto. And now they're turning to Marine Le Pen.
How’s the sea border
@@tonymurray814 I left a similar comment and the sensitive wee Susan must’ve reported it. Yours will probably vanish too.
''The i'' Newspaper - who actually reads that anyway?
1) The NHS spending in ENGLAND ALONE has increased by £350m a week sicne 2016 - ADD Scotland/NI/Wales - showing, as you have, that bus with £350m a week as though it never happened is disingeneuous - but then you know that
1a) YHou cant just dump £350m a week into an organisation without PLANNING - that takes time.
2) Check NHS Spending in ENGLAND (which is what The NHS Covers) and you will find the extra spending is equal to ''the bus''
3) The ONLY time ''Ireland has been UNITED'' was when the Brits oversaw it (it was actually self governing with its own Parliament) and before the brits got there - Ireland was NOT a United Country it was many different (Fighting) independent Kingdoms - with The King of Kings being in DUBLIN.
4) Getting products from abroad is problomatic and is because of EU imposed rules (accepted by the rediculous Theresa May) - The rUK does not have those problems getting goods from anywhere else in the World.
4a) UK Trade into EU is at record levels - UK Imports from EU is about 5% down - because UK is finding global/cheaper suppliers - for example, fruit/veg/food struffs that are not heaviliy Subsidised by the EU CAP, but are bought from global suppliers at the global market rate - without false subsidies taxed to EU Countries.
5) have a read of this and educate yourself - ireland-calling.com/diarmait-macmurrough/
Have a nice day 🤓
Brexit didn’t started yet
@@benjamindejonge3624 if you mean that it hasn’t started yet please tell us why not.
Go to the border without passport and explain that to the french customs to see how it works.
Meanwhile, the rise of the Eurosceptics continues among the principal EU budget contributors.
The EU collectivisation project is a failure of spiralling mass, unchecked immigration of military-aged MENAP males.
Utter Brexit Bollocks, no one not even Le Penn is talking about leaving the EU.
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@@thedon8772 You haven't seen the recent MEP election results I take it?
Your BS denials are compelling.
@@AntonyW12 Yes I have and you clearly don't understand them stop reading the British press who talk shit.
@@thedon8772 So, you don't read/understand European + world press news either?
Or, is it you who is "talking shit"?
Vote Reform UK 🇬🇧 on the 4th of July.
Don't be silly
ex Reform candidate Georgie David has defected to the Tories, saying ‘the majority of Reform candidates are racist, misogynistic and bigoted’.
What? I think people in NI feel disregarded and disrespected by London. They were a total afterthought.
Lol , so vote for the guy who gave you Brexit?
no
Leaving the European Union has preserved, and in fact restored, sovereign independence and representative democracy, in the face of the threat to both posed by European federalism. The EU is on its way to becoming one big country, with Ireland reduced to the status of a province and all major policy decisions made straight over the heads of their elected government. The EU is also putting its armed forces together, and, coupled with its reckless expansionism across Eastern Europe, is now on a collision course for war with Russia. The Islamification of Europe has also been orchestrated by the European Union.
Well said Sammy.
Piss off, Ivan. Russia can’t deal with Ukraine, never mind NATO.
@@Dreyno Who said anything about NATO? The EU is putting its armed forces together. Charles Michel has said he wants Ukraine in the EU by 2030. Lisbon Treaty Article 42 commits member states to the military assistance of a member state under attack. Therefore, if Ukraine is still under attack when it joins the EU, the EU will be at war with Russia. Why do you not know this?
@@SJG-nr8uj Why do you not know that Article 5 of the NATO treaty means that if Russia attacks any member, the rest of NATO are bound by treaty to come to their assistance? You didn’t mention NATO but that’s only because you’re not operating in reality.
@@Dreyno Now you are being silly. Ukraine is neither a member of NATO, nor is it a member of the EU. NATO has been cautious about it - but the EU has been reckless, wanting it in by 2030, granting it accession status. Both have similar Articles about the military assistance by all members of a member under attack.
But guess what, Ukraine remains outside NATO, so it does not trigger the NATO charter, and that's why there was no need to mention it. When Ukraine enters the EU, it WILL trigger Article 42 if it is still under Russian attack, and therefore the EU will be at war with Russia.
Switzerland a non EU country has 5 borders with no problem why can a solution not be found with just 2 countries ? the EU dosnt want a solution.
Have you heard about the good friday agreement ?
1. The EU had offered the UK the Norway model. The UK rejected it.
2. The EU will allow the individual agreements with Switzerland to expire at the end of their term.
Switzerland is in the single market but not the custom union. The solution is there but it is the UK that is unwilling to do it.
@@rocarolan2003 Will labour take that deal? Its the EU who wont do a deal its their biggest stick to hit UK .Also UK would never join a Fascist Europe.We didnt in 1940 remember ?