EES-samningurinn einskins virði, veitir falskt öryggi

Farsóttin fer illa með moldvörpurnar í stjórnarráðinu sem ár og síð segja okkur að EES-samningurinn sé trygging fyrir utanríkisviðskiptum Íslands.

Gulli utanríkis er talsmaður ESB-sinna í stjórnarráðinu og hann heldur áfram að verja það sem er óverjandi, EES-samninginn.

Fyrir löngu átti að vera búið að setja upp EES-samningnum og koma utanríkisviðskiptum okkar í annað horf en að halda Íslandi í stöðu hjálendu Evrópusambandsins.

Sölubann ESB brot á EES-samningnum

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[Benedikt Halldórsson, 19.3.2020 kl. 16:53]

Saman sigldum við í EES "samstöðu" að feigðarósi. 

Sumir röreygir bloggarar virðast halda að við séum í AES (ameríska efnahagssvæðinu) og eru því að vonum mjög ósáttir við vonda kallinn Trump. 

[Benedikt Halldórsson, 19.3.2020 kl. 17:18]

The problem for the EU, though, is that it has maintained this lackadaisical approach long after it became clear that the virus was going to develop into a global...

After weeks of prevarication, the EU finally imposed measures to ban travellers from outside the bloc for 30 days. The measure is expected to apply to 26 EU states as well as Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland. The ban will not apply to citizens from the UK and Ireland.

Consequently, the EUs failure to address the coronavirus issue earlier has resulted in the Schengen Agreement, which stipulates that the citizens of any EU state can travel freely throughout the union, becoming null and void.

The EUs commitment to Schengen was one of the key factors that persuaded U.S. President Donald Trump to impose his initial travel ban on continental Europe, claiming -- correctly -- that the EU was being far too complacent in its response to tackling the virus....

The sudden imposition of new border controls in Europe is already having a serious impact on the trading arrangements between different EU member states.... 

Moreover, the EUs inability to provide effective leadership in terms of responding to the coronavirus challenge has led to an increase in tensions between key member states, tensions that could ultimately threaten the survival of the EU in its current manifestation.

Con Coughlin is the Telegraph's Defence and Foreign Affairs Editor and a Distinguished Senior Fellow at Gatestone Institute.

[Benedikt Halldórsson, 19.3.2020 kl. 17:32]

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