Originally Posted by
Joe le Taxi
Michel Barnier's idea of a"gold plated offer" is for EU nationals to retain rights to work in the UK, while Brits can only work in ONE EU country where they happen to already be resident. So EU pilots continue to occupy UK based jobs, while Brits are barred from Europe.
Think a little bit of realism is required by this author, you see:
1) UK opts to go out of EU;
1.1) UK opts to get out of free movement of people;
1.2) UK opts to get out of rights to work in all EU countries;
1.3) UK opts to prevent EU citizens taking UK jobs;
1.4) UK wants to retain rights for UK citizens to take EU jobs and move inside EU(?);
2) UK allows EU nationals to stay in UK jobs already employed;
2.1) UK does not allow new EU nationals to move to UK for jobs;
3) EU allows UK nationals to stay in EU jobs already employed;
3.1) EU does not allow new UK nationals to move to EU for jobs;
3.1.1) This includes moving between EU countries as that is what EU stands for;
I personally can't see the problem being an EU national that movement between countries for UK citizens in future is restricted, after all UK wants to get out of EU for restricting reciprocal movements into UK by EU nationals.
Let's remember that existing citizens working in EU/UK are not affected.
Looks like UK want to get out of EU but reap benefits of EU membership.
Why should UK citizens bear benefits of EU when UK is not wanting to be part of EU anymore?