Labor positions themselves for a customs union with the EU
(B2) The British Labor Party supports the conclusion of a new customs union with the EU, after Brexit. This position was made official by Labor leader Jeremy Corbyn in a discourse devoted to Brexit, in Coventry, this Monday (February 26).
A union " and Assistance »
« We are leaving the European Union, but we will continue to work with European partners in the economic interests of this country says Jeremy Corbyn. However, it is not a question of resuming the current system in an intact manner. " The UK will need its own bespoke relationship underlines the Labor leader. The Customs Union would thus be the subject of a " new treaty » between the British and European partners, integrating the « protections, clarifications or exemptions where needed ».
Objective: to avoid any discontinuity
However, this union should function in the same way as currently, according to Keir Starmer. In addition to continuing to benefit from the same economic advantages “, this would allow the United Kingdom to comply with its commitments by not restoring a border with Ireland.
A unanimous position
This position seems "unanimously" shared within Labor according to Keir Starmer, the party's referent for Brexit, who spoke on Sunday on the with the BBC. More than 80 Labor personalities are in favor of keeping the United Kingdom in the European single market and the customs union, thus going against the current position of Theresa May's government.
Theresa May weakened
According to Corbyn, " The Conservative government is damaging our country and its Brexit priorities risk increasing that damage ". Theresa May's government does not hide its desire to leave the internal market and the customs union. This clear positioning of Labour, paired with the Conservatives who are rebellious to a hard Brexit, could upset the position of British Prime Minister Theresa May, who is due to present her conception of the future partnership between the EU and the United Kingdom on Friday March 2. .
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Download the discourse by Jeremy Corbyn.