The European Parliament is expected to ratify the post-Brexit EU-UK trade deal - a key move to ensure that tariff- and quota-free trade continues.

The Trade and Co-operation Agreement (TCA) has been operating provisionally since January. MEPs are expected to vote for it after 20:00 (18:00 GMT).

Brexit tensions remain, including a French threat of "reprisals" against the UK over new fishing restrictions.

Northern Ireland trade is also a thorny issue.

Under a separate protocol, Northern Ireland remains de facto part of the EU's single market, so goods arriving there from Britain have to undergo EU checks. Since Brexit there has been some disruption to that trade.

The TCA covers EU-UK trade in goods, but not services. The UK economy is dominated by services - sectors such as banking, insurance, advertising and legal advice.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-56899831

Whatever, for the time being, imports and exports from and to the UK have dropped by over one quarter and almost the half.



The NI issue is unsolved.


The Brexit deal becoming fully implemented means the EU can fire hard volleys agaun st the EU if it violates "level playing field" rules, namely that it has to not dumb its tax niveau.



I still think there should not have been any deal/treaty at all, form the UK's POV. If Johnson vilates the treaty now like he violates the NI protocol, the UK can be sued before international courts. It must not comply with there verdicts against it, but if it does, other contract partners across the globe will take note of it, and reconsider their relations with the UK, at least regarding future treaties to be signed.

Violating treaties from now on comes at a price.

Lmao :har:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQuSKQd4RxM

Me too actually....about ten years ago the wife and I considered buying a villa out there to retire too.

Lucky let off me thinks.

Well it is only 500 out of hundred thousands of expatriots umm immigrants (lol) who are deported, but the irony is strong.. they would only have had to fill out the paperwork, but it seems they were a bit uninformed or maybe arrogant to believe the very brexit rules they voted for did not apply for them.

I don't know the exact figures but some, a minority, are claiming they did fill in the correct paperwork but were still refused.

‘Disgrace': VDL's ‘hostile' Brexit punishment threat exposes EU chief's ‘insidious menace'

Leigh Evans, editor-in-chief of the pro-Brexit website Facts4EU.org, was commenting on the European Commission President's remarks on Tuesday after MEPs finally ratified the trade deal signed by Boris Johnson in December, finally enshrining the previously provisional deal in law. In it, she said: "The Agreement comes with real teeth - with a binding dispute settlement mechanism and the possibility for unilateral remedial measures where necessary.

"Let me be clear: We do not want to have to use these tools. But we will not hesitate to use them if necessary."

Writing on the website, Mr Evans said: "Failed German Defence Minister Ursula von der Leyen has made many speeches and statements since she was appointed at the last minute as EU Commission President, when the leaders of the EU27 countries could not agree on anyone else.

"She was then presented to the EU Parliament as the only candidate MEPs could vote for.

"Despite this massive and undemocratic advantage in having no opponent, she only scraped through by nine votes.

"Since then, her performance as EU Commission President - especially over the running of the disastrous EU vaccine programme - is now regarded by some as typical of her performance in her previous role as German Defence Minister, when she was described in the German press as their worst cabinet minister.

"Her speech in the EU Parliament stands up there as one of the most misguided in a long line of her miscalculations."

Mr Evans claimed her remarks gave the lie to the image Brussels tends to project, of an "inherently reasonable" organisation.

He said: "Please do not be fooled. The real subtext of this statement is that of insidious menace; a warning of hostile intent by a failing administration whose immediate and instinctive recourse is to blame others for their own failings."

He explained: "A classic example is the court case which the EU Commission started on Wednesday against what it now refers to as "UK-Swedish AstraZeneca".

Mr Evans suggested Mrs von der Leyen's remarks in the course of her speech ran counter to Article 1 of the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement, which highlights the importance of good neighbourliness.

He said: "The world's fifth-largest economy and one of its major soft and hard powers - the United Kingdom - is on the EU's doorstep.

"For the EU's Commission President to make a speech like this is a disgrace."

The Parliament rubber-stamped the deal several months after it was ratified by the UK Parliament.

Commenting, UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson hailed it as the final step in a long journey, providing stability to Britain's new relationship with the EU.

He added: "Now is the time to look forward to the future and to building a more global Britain."

Lord David Frost, who negotiated the agreement with EU counterpart Michel Barnier, tweeted: Hugely welcome the overwhelming vote by the European Parliament for our trade agreement with the EU.

"Hope we can now begin a new chapter together as Europeans, characterised by friendly cooperation between sovereign equals.

"Thank you EU Commission and Michel Barnier for helping get us here."

Express.co.uk has contacted the European Commission to offer her a chance to comment.
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world...out&li=AAnZ9Ug

If this is true there's going to be a lot of flak flying about, the Tories are doing what the Tories do best, **** the peasants, we're in charge and we'll do what we want.
This country has more than 1300 food banks and these politicos are considering building a £200 million Royal Yacht, get your priorities right you stupid bent currants.

New ‘Prince Philip’ Royal Yacht is set to cost £200 million – and people aren’t happy
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknew...?ocid=msedgdhp

^ Hey you of all and brexiters should love it, this is about power and glory and patriotism, not about petty pennycounting or the lower class, they can starve and die, that's the spirit! :O:

BJ does not score so high in the PMQ, a week ago but .. :03:
https://www.indy100.com/politics/pmq...rdict-b1821763

^Bozo has never scored high on any human level. :o
If Boris Johnson or any other Tory MP told me it was raining outside I would have to go and take a look for myself, Boris was a greedy grasping currant as the London Mayor and he's exactly the same greedy grasping currant as Prime Minister, never ever trust a Tory when there's money involved. :O:

Off topic.
@Catfish.
Can you get me a date with that hottie Alice Sara Ott?. :yep:

Her sister Mona Asuka told me that her sister does not give interviews, so you would have to meet her.. accidentally. She is either in Munich (often plays in he "Gasteig") or in Salzburg, or on tour wherever she can play, so not easy. Not now anyway due to Cor. ..
Alice got MS in 2019 :nope:, poor girl.

Do you have to be as thick as a plank to become a politician, I could have told the thicktards this China virus was going to raise its ugly head months ago. :o

COVID SCARE G7 meeting rocked by Covid scare after ‘two positive cases detected amongst Indian delegation’
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/148557...gation-london/

@Catfish, yep, I knew she had MS, she's not wanted just for her body you know. :O:

Political party leaders make their final push for votes head of polling day on Thursday.

Campaigning in West Yorkshire, Labour leader Keir Starmer said the party is "fighting for every vote"

Boris Johnson has said Thursday's elections will "be very tough"

It will be the biggest election across England, Scotland and Wales outside of a general election.

Hartlepool will elect a new MP - the result will be seen as a test of Boris Johnson and Keir Starmer's leadership.

Voters in Scotland will elect 129 Members of the Scottish Parliament.

The result of Scotland's election could determine the future of the union.

Voters in Wales will elect the 60 members of the Welsh Senedd.

In England, 143 local councils are up for election.

And 39 Police and Crime Commissioners in England and Wales and 13 directly elected mayors in England will also be elected.

So who is being the bully here?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tw0SE0jMQRI

French politician Bertrand Sorre said "The anger is roaring and the desire to do battle is palpable."

You frogs couldn't bleeding fight to save your country in the 1940s so a call to war over some scallops isn't much cause for concern is it you thick currant.
Sheesh, where are the bleeding Germans when you bloody need them, ah yes, they're too busy selling their souls to China and Russia and, probably anyone else who wants a piece of it.
I would advise Bertrand Sorre to save his war rhetoric for the coming battle that'll be rearing it's head up in France over the next few years, choose wisely you bleeding frog currant because you'll only get one chance to choose which side you're on. :o
Oooooh, rant over. :haha:

I don't think it would come that far a War between UK and France/EU

On the other hand I think something will happen inside UK...

Saw some minutes from the Scottish election, where Sturgeon rejected any accusation on have a illegal referendum.

This made me remember the movie Braveheart and next thoughts popped up

Will we in the near future be witness to some military/terror attack on British interest in Scotland ?

Markus

I never said it would mapuc, the frog politicians should concentrate on political matters and not on the marine life, oh wait, there nemesis is on the horizon and they call her Marine Le Pen, so perhaps it is all interconnected. :haha:

Braveheart was a load of bollocks just like the SNP and Nicola Sturgeon is, I hope they get their independence because from what I can gather from the local citizenry around these here parts is we would be well rid of the ungrateful scrounging bastards. :O:

Terror attack on Scotland, by who?, bloody hell man 99% of the world doesn't know where the hell it is, so that's a big fat No. :O: