Brexit Negotiations

No vindictive sanctions, just a deal on EU terms. The UK can take it or leave it.

It's worth pointing it out as the UK isn't in the EU anymore.

Huh, so the UK hasn't kept that law when leaving the EU? That's an odd decision!

The UK isn't part of the EU anymore.

It's rather notable that the UK has the option of aborting this process during the 2 years. (According to an EU official who's name I forget), it's incredibly unlikely that anyone will go back on this though. The uncertainty of having this option available is bad for the UK though. Markets hate uncertainty.

I am no expert, but the EU regulations exist to harmonize the internal market. Since UK was part of the EU, there is probably very little they can change in deals with individual EU countries.

The deal isn't satisfactory at all, as it offers no legally binding way for the UK to decide to leave without the EU's permission. The EU could string out border and trade discussions for years and the EU would be defacto in the EU but without a vote.David Cameron tried to discuss reform with the EU before the referendum, but was rebuffed.

The UK was offered a Norway-style deal, where they kept market access in exchange for following EU rules.They refused, because that would effectively mean they still have to follow all the same rules, but now without any say in how they're decided.But turns out you can't just demand all the benefits of a club without following any of the obligations and now the UK is where it is.People were being sold a lie and they believed it. The optimum relationship with the EU was always

> Why not?Because it's part of the same deal. You can't take one part of the deal and refuse the other part. The EU is really not going to make a special exception on this for the UK. In fact, I think the time of special exceptions for the UK is over. The UK will have to learn to accept fair deals.

Wasn't that request by the UK, not the EU?