Inside Brexit: Exclusive Access to EU Negotiations | EPISODE 2 | SLICE EXPERTS

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  • Опубликовано: 31 май 2024
  • From June 2017 to January 2019, Alain de Halleux gained access to areas usually off-limits to cameras, during negotiations conducted on behalf of the European Union against Theresa May, the British Prime Minister committed to Brexit.
    We enter the technical meetings, the backstage of European summits, and the headquarters of the European Commission, where Michel Barnier and his team of some fifty civil servants are working on an agreement for the United Kingdom's exit from the European Union.
    The director chronologically describes the whole Brexit soap opera in direct contact with Michel Barnier, in Brussels where the EU's governing bodies are based, in Sofia, in Derry, Northern Ireland's second-largest city, via Salzburg and Copenhagen. The only film to have followed these eighteen months of negotiations.
    Documentary: Brexit The Clock Is Ticking
    Directed by: Alain de Halleux
    Production: Point du Jour & Watch TV for ARTE G.E.I.E, RTBF, VRT & SVT
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Комментарии • 77

  • @louis-philippearnhem6959
    @louis-philippearnhem6959 24 дня назад +12

    We cannot thank the Brexiteers enough though. Thanks to you guys I don’t take the EU for granted anymore. I enjoy the freedom of movement over 4,200,000 square km, which is bigger than India btw. And next time I cross the Channel, I still can roam for free! Because the EU cares for its citizens.
    Greetings from Belgium, EU

    • @Korschtal
      @Korschtal 22 дня назад +4

      Same here; I had lived in Germany 15 years at the time of Brexit and decided to apply to become a citizen to keep these rights.

    • @celticlofts
      @celticlofts 18 дней назад +3

      @@Korschtal : I lived in Germany in the 80s and I wish now I had never left. I loved that country and it still holds a special place in my heart. Thankfully I'm Irish with an Irish passport so I get back whenever I can. I hope to retire there soon.

  • @AniaBumba
    @AniaBumba 25 дней назад +15

    Well done EU, very professional approach and well executed negotiations.

  • @klausschumacher7126
    @klausschumacher7126 26 дней назад +35

    After 8 years talking about Brexit in the UK shows the success of it....😂😂
    In the EU nobody talks about Brexit anymore....

    • @Arltratlo
      @Arltratlo 25 дней назад +2

      only us, who laughing about the silly Brits....
      i replaced the comedy show called President Trump with a many years running shit show called BrexSHIT!

    • @josvercaemer264
      @josvercaemer264 25 дней назад +3

      schadenfreude maybe is not the most appropriate response. The loss of the easy trading between uk and the eurozone has cost both sides dearly. Also with tensions on the eastern border of europe, a strong ally extra could become very handy. The only winners are the tory traders in the city of London, the greedy p.o.s.'s

    • @ab-ym3bf
      @ab-ym3bf 25 дней назад +8

      ​@@josvercaemer264the EU hardly lost trade with the UK, unlike the other way around.
      Tensions on the eastern border of the EU can more easily be resolved by a strong EU that is in agreement with each other, focused on deeper integration. The UK has been frustrating that during 47 years of membership when they deemed something not to their (or their master across the pond) profit.
      For now and in the near future, the EU is better off without the UK. Once it has learned to cope with its actual place in the world order, not their perceived place, and know what it means to be a teamplayer, they can attempt to apply again.

    • @Arltratlo
      @Arltratlo 25 дней назад +3

      @@josvercaemer264 but the best thing is, the UK will pay for it dearly for a loong time...
      the EU not...countries want to trade with us...because we are over 400.000.000, not 66 million!

    • @Korschtal
      @Korschtal 24 дня назад +2

      @@ab-ym3bf Well said. The last paragraph sums up the problem for the UK; it never had any consequences for its actions, so it thinks it's a big power still.
      Ironically, it could only hold onto this idea because of the protection from the EU.

  • @celticlofts
    @celticlofts 18 дней назад +3

    The mantra from the British that "They need us more than we need them" fell flat on its face when the British realized that they didn't have the EU "Over a barrel" The UK didn't get the freedom of movement that they wanted, they didn't get the free trade deal that they wanted, they didn't get the customs free trade that they wanted either. In fact they got nothing from the EU that the EU wasn't willing to give them. Those who promoted Brexit promised UK fishermen their waters back, but that didn't happen, they promised no border down the Irish Sea, that didn't happen either. None of it happened because the UK was never the equal partner in those negotiations. The truth is the EU was always in control of what it was prepared to do for the UK. The UK had little to bargain with. Today it's the UK economy that's hurting from Brexit, not the EU. I hope the UK is never readmitted back into the EU because the UK never believed in it anyway.

  • @williampatrickfagan7590
    @williampatrickfagan7590 26 дней назад +25

    I remember Mr Tusk. Leaving without even a scetch of a plan on how to carry it out.
    The British went to the withdrawal talks like lambs to the slaughter.
    Who can firget that photo Op with Bariner and 2 assistants with 10s of files, and the British on the other side with only their thumbs to twiddle.
    Not even an envelope or biro to show.

    • @trident6547
      @trident6547 26 дней назад +9

      it seems the PM Theresa May and her party had no idea what the divorce would mean in practice.

    • @arndbrack2339
      @arndbrack2339 26 дней назад +6

      end everyone knew it. except parts of the british public.

    • @cathalduffy1618
      @cathalduffy1618 26 дней назад +4

      However Tusk came back to save Poland . David Cameron really FFS.

    • @blue_jay31
      @blue_jay31 25 дней назад +4

      That may be true but they thought the E.U. Would fold because it needed them ! The true was you needed the more ,you can’t fix stupid ! 😢

    • @celticlofts
      @celticlofts 18 дней назад

      @@trident6547 : Oh they did. May supported the remain side because she knew the difficulties that lay ahead, she just didn't know how to deal with them when they happened, none of them did.

  • @blue_jay31
    @blue_jay31 25 дней назад +10

    The British government never did negotiate,they never had a plan !

    • @lacommission.-sitcom696
      @lacommission.-sitcom696 25 дней назад +3

      Neither had the brexiters to be fair. Who can forget Farage's "I want my life back!". First to run for the hills. Back now to point the finger of blame once it's safe and the heavy lifting is done.

    • @celticlofts
      @celticlofts 18 дней назад +1

      @@lacommission.-sitcom696 : Yeah I remember him going to Ireland to try convince them to leave too - He got laughed at to his face and then got a kick up the arse and sent home. He hasn't been back. I'm angry at what he, and others like him, did to the British people. Those people didn't deserve that, especially the younger generation who will have to live with the consequences of the Brexiteers actions. It's sad really.

  • @skinless333x2
    @skinless333x2 25 дней назад +6

    I hope you get the next episode out rather quickly, it is a very interesting watch.

    • @SLICE_Experts
      @SLICE_Experts  24 дня назад +1

      Hi, we're sorry but the series only contains 2 episodes. This was the last one. But you'll find more political and social documentaries in this playlist 👉 ruclips.net/p/PL7bTBlJiuHJD3DzDWIGhTVc0cUK9POya4 Thx for your support!

  • @utube521
    @utube521 25 дней назад +10

    0:15 - NOT 52% of the British, 52% of those voted!!! = 26.2% of the BRITISH

    • @helenooft9664
      @helenooft9664 25 дней назад +1

      You are right, but also stupid from people not to vote for something so important, and to vote for something so important you have to say 80 % of the people has to agree with it.

    • @Korschtal
      @Korschtal 24 дня назад +3

      And don't forget some 5 million of us, both UK citizens in the EU, and EU citizens in the UK, were barred from voting.

    • @rwo5402
      @rwo5402 10 дней назад

      @@Korschtal I didn't know that but it's another sign that the referendum was rigged because (correct me if I am wrong) those same 5 million could vote in a general election.

  • @timsimmons5953
    @timsimmons5953 25 дней назад +5

    The UK negotiators were blinded by the silly vote. Rude arrogant and most of all stupid to the situation they were in..

  • @JoelVilleneuveAnaudin-yx5wv
    @JoelVilleneuveAnaudin-yx5wv 25 дней назад +10

    Well done EU !!!!

  • @truthismycause2800
    @truthismycause2800 17 дней назад +1

    Honestly, Brexit was the best that could have happened... to the EU.
    It's a relief to have those insular saboteurs out of the Union.

  • @mrchainanimal3637
    @mrchainanimal3637 18 дней назад +1

    As a European I really appreciate the work Michel Barnier did in this negotiations. Ok, maybe it wasn't that hard, because the other side only sent clowns to the negotiations (I guess this all they have to offer, looking at theri current government), but still, he did a great job: Thanks Michel!

  • @Europeancitizen
    @Europeancitizen 11 дней назад +1

    Waiting for next episodes

    • @SLICE_Experts
      @SLICE_Experts  10 дней назад

      Hi, we're sorry but the series only contains 2 episodes and this was the last one. But you'll find more political and social documentaries in this playlist 👉 ruclips.net/p/PL7bTBlJiuHJD3DzDWIGhTVc0cUK9POya4 Thx for your support!

  • @timsimmons5953
    @timsimmons5953 25 дней назад +3

    In truth they must of known it was a rubbish idea but a certain group could not stop it as they were infantile in mind and not up to the job.

  • @JohannesErdmann-rk5he
    @JohannesErdmann-rk5he 21 день назад +3

    Out meen out. Danke UK für dieses Lehrstück von der gigantischer Dummheit der Brexiteers...

  • @hukama6911
    @hukama6911 12 дней назад

    For some reason Michele Barnier reminds me of John Major

  • @kennethvenezia4400
    @kennethvenezia4400 11 дней назад +1

    And then Boris came in with a Fire Ship and crashed it into England. By the way, raw sewege has been pumped into Britain's rivers for years now. I guess it must be Brussels fault.🤣😂🙀

  • @christianfournier6862
    @christianfournier6862 24 дня назад +1

    "Ambitious managed divergence" hilariously underlines how words cannot always mask realities. Theresa May tried her best for her country, but words could not stop the unavoidable train wreck.
    Boris Johnson was more cynical : his antics and grand exaggerations made the train wreck (Exit means Exit) almost palatable to British opinion; but nobody was fooled outside the UK - and not many, I guess, inside the UK.
    Sitting on a fence in the middle of the Atlantic reminds one of the 'Buridan's Ass' paradox, first mentioned by Spinoza: It can be deadly not to choose a side. Mercifully, nations suffer but they don't die. __ .

  • @rollosinternet1853
    @rollosinternet1853 25 дней назад +8

    First sentence already wrong. "52% of British vote to leave". Not true; 52% of the voters voted to leave. Those voters included about 1 million from the Commonwealth, many of them resented FoM and many failed to remember that it was reciprocal. Legal British immigrants to the EU had problems voting or where denied their right, whilst all illegal British immigrants could vote. The amount of lies, misinformation and even illegalities would not allow for an informed decision. Politicians and commentators where put above actual experts and there was media manipulation and interference from other countries. Project fear = project reality.

    • @neiss2
      @neiss2 25 дней назад +2

      Well, that’s one of your problems, that you consider a French, Spanish or German citizen living in the UK to be an “illegal” immigrant, whereas someone from a third and far away country is a British citizen for the simple reason of holding a British passport. It’s your problem to consider fellow Europeans to be aliens, while embracing people from other cultures and religions as your equals. Good riddance.

    • @Korschtal
      @Korschtal 24 дня назад +2

      Well said. I was one of those denied a vote because I was in the EU. Thankfully, the German government was very helpful so we could stay here.
      I haven't had as much as an Email from the UK government telling us anything.

  • @dooley-ch
    @dooley-ch 20 дней назад +2

    Lord Randolph Churchill once said that Ireland would dominate British politics for a 100 years, looks like he was off by at least 50!

    • @user-si5sk2hm2n
      @user-si5sk2hm2n 19 дней назад

      Ireland will be economically stronger than the UK and will dominate the UK along with America.I turn on a movie and popcorn show time!

  • @plerpplerp5599
    @plerpplerp5599 23 дня назад

    The Tories' repeated failures at competent economic management over the past 14 years is an indisputable fact.
    They have deliberately pursued ideological policies that have undermined growth, public services, and Britain's economic standing.
    It is a fact that their policies like deregulation, dismantling international economic cooperation (Brexit), and prioritizing profits over investment have hampered growth, trade balance, and economic efficiency compared to other European nations.
    The government's disastrous mini-budget inflicted by Liz Truss has caused financial market turmoil, forcing the Bank of England to intervene and increase borrowing costs for the whole country due to unbelievable financial "incompetence".
    The Bank of England was then obligated to prevent excessive pound weakness or volatility by raising interest rates, despite forecasting economic stagnation. Supporting sterling's valuation and meeting market expectations was obviously a priority, although they may have stated otherwise.

  • @timsimmons5953
    @timsimmons5953 25 дней назад +1

    I cannot bare to watch any more.

  • @rayc9539
    @rayc9539 24 дня назад +1

    "Brexit means Brexit"... how ridiculously vague.

    • @user-si5sk2hm2n
      @user-si5sk2hm2n 19 дней назад

      😂 means weakening of the UK economy and therefore Ireland will prosper more economically.In my opinion, Ireland and Scotland will now be stronger than the UK, now is the time for them

    • @rayc9539
      @rayc9539 19 дней назад

      @@user-si5sk2hm2n Right. What a laughing stock the UK has become.

    • @user-si5sk2hm2n
      @user-si5sk2hm2n 19 дней назад +1

      @@rayc9539 Well it’s because these guys don’t know what they doing or maybe they are just naturally kamikaze.Who knows …

  • @kierandoran8196
    @kierandoran8196 18 дней назад

    Imagine, Tories with no street smarts spooked by a couple of dodgy polls and Nigel Farage. Same again now. No backbone.

  • @khairulnaeim756
    @khairulnaeim756 25 дней назад +1

    Tm.. b.tray.d...funny talk about that..when they do that thing 😂.. funny real funny..