Taking stock of Brexit, five years later: Opportunities grow for UK-EU ties • FRANCE 24 English
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 6 ก.พ. 2025
- It's not the first time that the UK and the EU have expressed their readiness for a "reset" in relations. But now, five years after Britain left the European Union, there appears to be more momentum for making a reset happen, particularly with US President Donald Trump's threat of trade tariffs hanging over the European continent, and the future of NATO and EU defence up in the air. Our panellists debate whether the UK really knows what it wants, and in what areas the two sides can realistically work more closely together.
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The fact that nobody talks about the forbidden book called The Gilded Nexus of Prosperity speaks volumes about how people are stuck in a trance
I used some techniques from that book to make money, and I can truly say I'm earning more now
Looks like a cult
Brexit made both EU and UK weaker.
No it made the EU a better place .
@jcvastgoed1490 Brexit didn't make the EU better. The EU is much weaker militarily.
Dont bring facts, this is about the english ego. They are now free, with record sales of antidepressants, but ‘free’ from evil Europe 😄
Brexit was an assertion of economic and political sovereignty for the United Kingdom, allowing it to regain control over its legislation, trade policy, and immigration. Freed from the bureaucratic burdens of the European Union, London has regained its ability to negotiate its own trade agreements, strengthening its exchanges with major powers such as the United States, Australia, and India.
By leaving the EU, the United Kingdom escaped the budgetary constraints and rigid monetary policies of Brussels, giving it greater flexibility to adjust its taxation and support its strategic industries. While the eurozone struggles to emerge from economic stagnation and Germany sinks into recession, the UK has demonstrated remarkable resilience, with growth exceeding the pessimistic forecasts of its critics.
Yet you clowns maintain that Brexit never happened.
Yes honey, and England will always have its record sales of antidepressants to deal with it 😄 Main consumer in Europe, go figure
@ Oh dear, Brits can't even afford antidepressants. What a shame. Never mind.
@@kurtgodel5236 They can and they do, millions, as a great country should 😄
@ "Great"? "Country"? That cesspit? Whatever you take, I doubt it's just antidepressants. 😁
The UK wants all the benefits of being part of the EU, but none of the responsibilities. How English of them.
Not me I feel like I’ve lost my family and I’m not the only one! Implying all the UK thinks like your comment suggests is very simplistic and false. The UK public was and is still being lied to by the media. The propaganda from the media goes back 20 years. The media and weak politicians used the EU to blame from their own failures. The UK citizens are at war with media and need your wisdom
Trump would say the same of many European countries in NATO.
We'd rather enter the CPTPP.
The only thing you’re entering is your boyfriends butthole .
They are on antidepressants, let them be 😄
Looks like EU can't survive without Britain, even Germany and France economy are downed 😂😂😂
That doesn’t matter, we just foot the bill over to you and you will pay .
Keep on dreaming. 😂😂😂
Why would UK join EU when it’s failing. UK didn’t take advantage of brexit whatsoever., the politicians are so weird over there.
What advantage? Be realistic. This happened many years ago, and no brexiteer can point out any tangible advantage. So please, I enlighten us.
@@TheDavidsega What do you mean by "tangible"?
Something tangible. Something that can actually be accomplished.
@@TheDavidsega The advantage is that we have restored our country's sovereign independence. We don’t have to run to Brussels for permission to change VAT; to establish freeports; to change our farming support system; to reach new trade agreements; to do foreign policy deals with our old allies, like Aukus (between Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States); to change our rules on gene editing or clinical medical trials; to alter our animal welfare provisions; to cut tariffs on things we don’t produce ourselves; to protect the environment in our fishing grounds; to change our rules on driving licences, the size of lorries or the costs of car insurance; and much more. Nor are we sucked into their innovation-killing rules on AI or their free-speech-euthanising Digital Services Act.
@@DoggleBird Regarding your argument about “tangible benefits,” advantage alone can refer to any benefit, real or hypothetical. However, tangible advantage clarifies that the benefit is not theoretical but can be demonstrated with real-world effects.
Germany is in a recession and France is also close to it.
What can the EU offer besides immigrant mandates and their collapsing governments🤔
Germany and France have problems but not caused by Brexit. When the UK was in the EUUK citizens standard of living was 90% of a typical German now it is 70%. We have voted to make our country poor damaging UK GDP by 100, billion a year.
@@kevingrant7098 "We have voted to make our country poor damaging UK GDP by 100, billion a year." It is embarrassing that anyone can even consider a loss of £100 billion (i.e. 4% GDP) as being vaguely plausible. We haven't grown 4% in a year for decades, we most likely won't break 2% again. Your misunderstanding was from a doppelganger OBR study presenting 4% over 15 years, the first year their data was 1% out which compounded makes that a nonsense.
As a Brit, I have known for years that the EU was not a good fit for the UK and I am glad we're out. We need to continue as friendly neighbours, to trade and cooperate, but remember that we aren't part of the EU family.
Friendly neighbours? You Brits? Tell that your mendacious masters: most notably Johnson, Truss, and Farage.
@@kurtgodel5236 We are friendly neighbours. We just don't want to fall under the jackboot of the Fatherland, thanks.
@ Before and after Brexit. you "friendly neighbours" vociferously and repeatedly called for the destruction of the European Union. You are shysters and brazen liars. Friendly neighbours you are not. You are not even reliable partners.
@@DoggleBird Friendly neighbours do not constantly and vociferously call for the destruction of their neighbours. You Brexit Brits have done so before, during, and after Brexit. You are not friendly neighbours. You are not even reliable partners!
@@kurtgodel5236 I lived and worked in another EU country for 11 years and returned to the UK four years ago. I still have family there. I want the best for European countries and for them to regain their sovereignty as we have. They should abolish the EU and replace it with a trade bloc.
There is no alternative to the UK joining at least the EU customs union if Labour want to turn around the economy. For this reason, Starmer's fear of Reform making inroads at Labour's expense makes it necessary that this happens sooner rather than later, so that there is time enough for the economy to start to recover. Otherwise, Labour is going to be a sitting duck for the Tories and Reform, in the next election.
Regrexit?! LOL.
I was devastated when the UK left the EU we were lied to massive mistake. I would love it if we rejoined the EU but don’t think it’s going to happen in my lifetime.🇬🇧❤️🇪🇺
😂😂😂 So much cope.