Uh huh. What happened to all the tough talk from you Eurotrash badasses, huh? Real badasses don't "soften", 'k?

Brexit fallout: EU draft guidelines soften public stance on future UK relationship

Tusk sure does flap his cock holster a lot. Too bad for him he has nothing backing it up.

The EU is terrified of the future (or lack thereof). If Britain exits and their economy grows/thrives, other EU members won't be far behind, leading to the end of this ridiculous socialist experiment. The EU needs Britain a whole lot more than Britain needs the EU, and the gravy train riders in Brussels see their meal ticket disappearing.

More like "call me, please call me. I promise to answer. "

Isn't the EU trying to get something like 54 billion euros out of the Brits before they go? The UK was pressing hard to get some framework for an agreement before they triggered the two-year period and didn't get it. Now the Euros are demanding some undefined level of 'progress' before they even talk about it.

Badasses? They're trying to get what they want by pure bitchiness.

Reminds me of the Randy Travis song, "Is it still over?"

Is it still over are we still through
Since my phone still ain't ringing
I assume it still ain't you
I'll have to mind to take the time to find somebody new
But I'm not sure that I'm still over you

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Originally posted by bigdeal:
The EU is terrified of the future (or lack thereof). If Britain exits and their economy grows/thrives, other EU members won't be far behind, leading to the end of this ridiculous socialist experiment. The EU needs Britain a whole lot more than Britain needs the EU, and the gravy train riders in Brussels see their meal ticket disappearing.

Excellent analysis.

You'll get nothing and like it!



"Painstakingly Detailed" EU Brexit Document Demands UK Payment For Everything

May 31, 2017
Brexit without a signed agreement looks increasingly likely.

EU documents reveal “Painstaking Brexit Detail” down to the smallest item demanded by every nation.

The document also demands arbitration by the European Court of Justice (ECJ). These are both non-starters from the UK side.

Just 10 days before the general election, the EU published two documents that will affect every person living in Britain for years to come. Despite being dropped into the maelstrom of an election caused by Brexit, there was hardly a murmur.



The documents were the most detailed positions yet from the EU’s chief negotiator, Michel Barnier, on the upcoming divorce talks with the UK.



In two policy papers, the bloc has elaborated its stance on the Brexit bill and citizens’ rights.



The 10-page paper on the bill does not put a price on the divorce, but sets out in painstaking detail all EU bodies with a vested interest in the spoils – 40 agencies, eight joint projects on new technologies and a panoply of funds agreed by all countries, from aid for refugees in Turkey to supporting peace in Colombia.



No detail is too small. Britain is even on the hook for funding teachers at the elite European schools that educate EU civil servants’ children.



On citizens’ rights, the EU spells out in greater detail the protections it wants to secure for nearly 5 million people on the wrong side of Brexit – 3.5 million EU nationals in the UK and 1.2 million Britons on the continent.



In a red rag to hardline Brexiters, the document stresses the European court of justice (ECJ) must have full jurisdiction for ruling on disputes about citizens’ rights, while the European commission ought to have full powers for monitoring whether the UK is upholding the bargain.



“On the side of the 27, people are a little cross and they have hardened their positions,” said Jean De Ruyt, a former EU ambassador. “It is a dangerous situation when you harden positions and you cannot do anything [because formal talks have not begun].”



The divide is stark on the Brexit bill. The European commission president, Jean-Claude Juncker, was shocked after May told him the UK had no obligation to pay anything on leaving the bloc.



Diplomats on the EU side say they cannot contemplate scaling back demands on the divorce. EU civil service pensions will not be bartered away to secure the UK’s post-Brexit contribution to the union’s seven-year budget, known as the multiannual financial framework (MFF), the EU diplomat said.



“I think our priority is that the UK will pay for everything,” they said. “Everything is a priority – we cannot trade pensions for the MFF.”

Ridiculous Demands

Britain’s Brexit Secretary David Davis has mocked the European Union over divorce talks after Brussels published its position papers for talks with the UK on crucial issues.

PressTV reports UK describes EU Brexit demands as ‘ridiculous’.

Davis said on Tuesday that the EU’s demands to protect its citizens’ rights in the UK were “ridiculously high”, giving its citizens greater rights in the UK than Britons have.

“Art of the Deal”

“Art of the Deal” tactics by the EU are not going to work.

The EU exports more to the UK than vice versa. Fishing rights in UK waters are in play. The lower British Pound will temper cost of any tariffs the EU places on UK exports. EU imports to UK will collapse.

It’s hard to imagine a worse negotiating stance than that taken by the EU.

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/...hing#comment-9629433

You know Europe. Blow them off until they've blustered themselves out and they'll give you a sweeter deal than you had before - as long as you don't give them anything in the interim.

After all, what are they going to do? Initiate the retaliatory prosecution of Brits if the UK doesn't accept ongoing EU jurisdiction?

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It’s hard to imagine a worse negotiating stance than that taken by the EU.

The EU leaders are not going to get anything with that position. The comment above about the gravy train leaving is the most accurate assessment.

So what happens if the United Kingdom says "No" and walks after deporting the 3.5M EU citizens and ALL the illegals out? Is the EU going to invade?