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CAN THE FORCED MARCH TOWARDS
BREXITBE STOPPED?
John Bruton is a former Irish are attracted to ambiguous political José Manuel Barroso is a
Prime Minister (Taoiseach), buzz words like “bespoke solutions”,
who helped transform the Irish “frictionless borders” and “imaginative former president of the European
economy into the "Celtic Tiger," thinking”. Commission. In this role he
one of the fastest growing delivered a critical, political
economies in the world. For the EU side, things are very and economic challenging
different. For the EU, the issue is a viewpoint, strengthening
Can the forced march, legal one, where understandings Europe’s global voice. Since
towards a hard and reached with the UK must be leaving he has been a member
deeply disruptive Brexit, converted into legal texts, which will of various advisory groups to the
be stopped? Part of the be watertight, and able to stand United Nations and played a
difficulty with the Brexit crisis is that scrutiny in the European Parliament, key role as mediator of some of
the two sides are approaching the and in Ministries of all 27 EU states. the most recent peace accords.
negotiation with radically different The EU will insist that precedents not He is currently a non-executive
assumptions. be created for the UK, that would lead chairman and advisor to
to similar demands either from existing Goldman Sachs.
For the UK government, it is a purely or from prospective new, EU member
political exercise. This explains why
the UK government is setting out its states. Read more.
negotiating position, to the extent that
it has one, in political speeches and
briefings. It is as if the whole thing
was a PR exercise. Thus UK leaders
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