Cold war post-Brexit, and why the PN needs a communications maestro
The pretence that there is an ‘us and them’ continued even when the UK was an EU member state, let alone post Brexit
Michael Falzon
16 February 2021, 7:40am
In a speech last Wednesday, the Bank of England Governor Andrew Baily said that now is not the time for the EU to pick a fight with the UK on the financial sector. The speech was reported by the British tabloid press as “a warning” to the EU.
Currently the UK and EU counterparts are negotiating the terms of a memorandum of understanding over access for City institutions to European financial markets in pursuit of a deal which regulators are hoping to sign by March.
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Mark Dolan discussed the European Union’s vaccination programme and the recent row regarding the UK’s financial sector and its access to the bloc. Mr Dolan revealed that while he voted for remain, it was becoming obvious to him that he should have voted for the other side as he watches Europe struggle to roll out vaccines. Speaking with political commentator Calvin Robinson, the pair dismantled the recent moves from the EU and the benefits of being outside of it.
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The UK completed its departure from the EU at the end of last year and the EU has since refused to grant equivalence to the City of London, which has sparked fury among Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey and others. Last November, the Chancellor announced the UK would be granting access to EU firms in a number of areas, such as exchanges, investment firms and credit rating agencies.
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The European Union hopes to start giving out money from its 750 billion euros coronavirus economic recovery fund before the end of the summer, the bloc s top officials said on Friday as they finalised approval of the landmark stimulus. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, European Parliament head, David Sassoli and Portugal s Prime Minister Antonio Costa called on the bloc s 27 member states to move quickly now to approve a linked decision to allow the Brussels-based EU executive to borrow the funds on the market. But political expert