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Old 25th Jun 2016, 15:09
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virginblue
 
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You really must be joking. The UK got special deals and rebates for 40 years, and when finally some member states said "enough is enough", a few other member states like Germany agreed to fund the UK rebate (commonly konw as the "Thatcher rebate") on their own to keep the UK in. And this "more more more special treatment" is exactly the reason that quite a few EU member states inofficially do not really shed a tear now and are on course to play hardball with the UK when it comes to exit negotiations (and probably will be very accommodating to the Scots joining the EU just to show Englad & Wales a finger).

As for moving EZY to Switzerland, this really is no solution as this only grants limited traffic rights and the whole EU-Swiss treaty is not secure - should the Swiss decide to pull just one of the various bilaterals with the EU (e.g. free movement), this will also automatically put an end to the aviation treaty.
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