Agreement reached to ‘slash red tape’ on food products, in exchange for extended EU access to fishing waters
    • JohnEdwa@sopuli.xyzEnglish
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      3 months ago

      There are a lot of requirements to be able to join the EU, and many of them are deal breakers for the UK that they never implemented - like having to switch to the Euro and joining Schengen. They would undoubtedly demand to get the same special exceptions they had before, and require every EU country to unanimously agree to give them, which almost certainly would never happen.

      And even before that, one of the requirements is a “significant, stable and long-lasting majority public opinion in favour of rejoining”. One interpretation of this was requiring a few years of at least 65% public approval for the join.

      • SpongyAneurism@lemmy.frozeninferno.xyzEnglish
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        3 months ago

        Switching to the Euro was never a requirement for EU membership, though.

        Brits didn’t have it before, and there are other EU countries that stick to their national currency.

        • JohnEdwa@sopuli.xyzEnglish
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          3 months ago

          It wasn’t. It is now.

          It was one of the special exceptions that the UK had, gained in 1992 when the Maastricht Treaty was negotiated.