In article , pamela
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On 16:14 21 Sep 2017, Jethro_uk wrote:

On Thu, 21 Sep 2017 13:46:47 +0100, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:

Now it seems she wishes to do this via a public speech at
Florence.

A speech the EU isn't going to ....


http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/brexit-
theresa-may-speech-
florence-eu-commission-michel-barnier-negotiations-divorce-
bill-a7959396.html

No European Commission officials will be travelling to Florence
to attend Theresa May's landmark speech on the Brexit
negotiations, The Independent can reveal, in what appears to be
a snub to the Prime Minister.

The Independent understands that Brussels officials and
negotiators will be staying away from the PM's critical address,
despite chief EU negotiator Michel Barnier already being in
Italy to address local politicians the day before.

In the audience instead will be Ms May's own cabinet ministers
including Boris Johnson, who laid out his own (conflicting)
vision for what Brexit should look like, in a 4,000-word Daily
Telegraph article less than a week ago.


So much for the reassurance often stated by Brexiteers that the EU
needs the UK more than the UK needs the EU.

Of course the UK imports more EU goods than the other way
around. However, the pro-EU states seem prepared to accept this loss
of income if it teaches the lesson that leavers, now and in the
future, will incur a financial cost based on principle not logic.
The EU states are forbidden to make any comment on the negotiations
which are in the hands of the Commission.
--
bert