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Klavs @klavs.bsky.social · 9m

I will any day of the week support you wholeheartedly if you decide to campaign for the UK joining. Anything less is letting the UK off the hook.

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Klavs @klavs.bsky.social · 17m

No. Countries don’t and I never said that. But you are trying to chip away at some of the privileges preserved for EU citizens and get them for yourself without your country doing anything itself.

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Klavs @klavs.bsky.social · 36m

Oh I certainly know that. Freedom of movement of people is just a small but important fraction of what benefits there are for members. It is part and parcel of the whole package.

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Klavs @klavs.bsky.social · 45m

I don’t think the EU wants anything less than a full membership. Whats the point of membership if you can get all the benefits without being a member.

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Klavs @klavs.bsky.social · 1h

There are plenty of people who have their own issues with the consequences of Brexit. Maybe they should campaign for joining instead of campaigning for their little niche interest.

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Klavs @klavs.bsky.social · 1h

6 months in any Schengen country), then it will be lorry drivers, or technicians, or… bit by bit the EU will be giving away to the British without getting anything back. Either join the Union and get the benefits or don’t and accept the consequences.

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Klavs @klavs.bsky.social · 1h

I would just like the UK back lock stock and barrel into the EU. Anything less that doesn’t tangibly benefit the citizens of the EU isn’t worth it. First it will be FOM (lets just face it when you can spend 3 months in Spain and another 3 months anywhere else you’ll in effect be able to spend

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Klavs @klavs.bsky.social · 1h

I actually think the EU has much more important things to worry about than this. It is a non-issue for the citizens of the European Union and they are the people who the EU should be there for.

Klavs @klavs.bsky.social · 2h

And also. Why should the EU change anything to make it easier for third country nationals? I still don’t get why!?

Klavs @klavs.bsky.social · 2h

It isn’t just a change for the British though, is it? It would be a change for a visa exempt TCNs visiting the EU.

Klavs @klavs.bsky.social · 2h

Naturally. Its EU law it must be enforced. And fortunately now with EU EES it will become easier for the border forces to enforce.

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Klavs @klavs.bsky.social · 5h

There are a few brilliant books on EU history but I will highly recommend reading Building Europe : a history of European unification by Loth, Wilfried

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Klavs @klavs.bsky.social · 5h

Yes that is true. Those are the rules that the UK chose to impose on its citizens when it decided to leave the EU.

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Klavs @klavs.bsky.social · 6h

Maybe it is too strong a word to use. But they were put under significant political pressure. It was among other things the implementation of BEPS Pillar 2 that helped push Ireland hand in the yes direction. They also secured extensive safeguards and transitional measures.

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Klavs @klavs.bsky.social · 6h

It doesn’t change the fact that Parliament is co-decision maker in Qualified Majority Voting and only advisory on Unanimity Voting because the latter are questions of national competency.
And there is an eternal struggle between Council and Parliament on who has most influence.

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Klavs @klavs.bsky.social · 6h

competencies.

Klavs @klavs.bsky.social · 6h

Yes it got voted through because Ireland was strong armed to accept a position that they didn’t want but could see was untenable.
It was also a fairly minimal piece of legislation where on the face of it R28 will be much wider including company law, labour law, tax law and more - all national

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Klavs @klavs.bsky.social · 6h

I am talking specifically about British and Spanish. None of them require a visa for visiting. Spanish gets normal visa exempt treatment in the UK and British the same in Spain or any other Schengen country.

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Klavs @klavs.bsky.social · 6h

Spanish are welcome in the UK for the same standard amount of time that any TCN is. And the same is true for British nationals in Spain.

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Klavs @klavs.bsky.social · 6h

Unanimity voting in the Council automatically pushes Parliament further away from the decision making process. If harmonisation of taxation is implied it will need to be unanimous.

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Klavs @klavs.bsky.social · 7h

Oh how silly of me. I thought you wanted to stay in the EU for longer than 90/180 - much like you did before.

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Klavs @klavs.bsky.social · 7h

I guess this is a classic EU struggle. The Commission is tasked with the every closer union, the Parliament want to have more power (especially over policies that can generate money for them to use) and the Council wants to retain certain powers and controls in the MSs.

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Klavs @klavs.bsky.social · 7h

I would expect that they would follow the Special Legislative Procedure because any decisions about taxation is according to the treaties a matter for unanimity - TFEU Articles 113 and 115. These articles also define the Parliaments role as consultative and not as a co-decision maker.

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Klavs @klavs.bsky.social · 7h

But whether or not an opt in system can be decided on a less formal basis within the normal procedures for the EU I do not know.

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Klavs @klavs.bsky.social · 7h

And I did use circumvent deliberately because tax is defined in the treaties as a matter for unanimity for a good reason.

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