tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6693950082152211516.post3297251676760241955..comments2023-10-26T00:08:26.205+01:00Comments on The Boiling Frog: EU Crackpots?TheBoilingFroghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00791961503315586243noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6693950082152211516.post-67848085871782086102013-10-21T22:51:11.273+01:002013-10-21T22:51:11.273+01:00Regarding your comments on articles 4, 260, 280, 2...Regarding your comments on articles 4, 260, 280, 299 you may be interested in these <br /><br />http://thefrogsalittlehot.blogspot.co.uk/2013/01/article-50-2-years-and-eu-law-part-1.html<br /><br />http://thefrogsalittlehot.blogspot.co.uk/2013/02/article-50-2-years-and-eu-law-part-2.html<br /><br />http://thefrogsalittlehot.blogspot.co.uk/2013/02/article-50-2-years-and-eu-law-part-3.html<br /><br />The short answer is, taking ECJ decisions as an example, we can delay and ignore any EU decisions until we leave and then it no longer matters...TheBoilingFroghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00791961503315586243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6693950082152211516.post-17495109125729737802013-10-21T22:46:38.944+01:002013-10-21T22:46:38.944+01:00Thank you also for your kind commentsThank you also for your kind commentsTheBoilingFroghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00791961503315586243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6693950082152211516.post-32768164354341326922013-10-21T03:54:12.019+01:002013-10-21T03:54:12.019+01:00Was interested in your comment about Article 50 (t...Was interested in your comment about Article 50 (the procedure for starting EU exit) and compliance with international (i.e. EU) legal obligation.<br /><br />If Britain is to stay in the EU for potentially 2 years while the terms of a post-EU membership relationship are decided, then perhaps you could give us an article on how we would cope with the following 'international' (i.e. EU) legal obligations....<br />> Take 'any appropriate measure' to ensure fulfilment of the obligations arising out of the Treaties or resulting from acts of EU institutions, with 'sincere cooperation' [TEU Article 4]<br />> Accepting the obligation to facilitate the achievement of the EU's tasks and refrain from any measure which could jeopardise the attainment of the EU's objectives [TEU Article 4]<br />> Accepting as final and enforceable the decisions of the integrationist Court of Justice of the EU [TFEU Article 260, 280, 299]<br /><br />Whatever the incompatibility of what Batten proposes with 'international law', would there not be an argument for leaving the EU a.s.a.p., but in a way that guarantees a structured form of cooperation to wind down redundant working arrangements?<br /><br />Surely there could be some way of withdrawing from the EU a.s.a.p. in line with our constitutional requirements and the UN Charter that upholds self-government? <br /><br />There is nothing in the EU Treaty that specifies that discussion <br />on our future relationship is necessarily done as an EU member.<br />There are some treaty articles that commit the EU to freest possible trade with its neighbours and elimination of trade barriers, so a certain inertia would work in our favour. <br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6693950082152211516.post-91124205952243269742013-10-03T21:31:46.981+01:002013-10-03T21:31:46.981+01:00Good blog Mr Frog, which I came to via Mr North. Y...Good blog Mr Frog, which I came to via Mr North. You and he do an important job, exposing the real from the bogus. Thank you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com