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Treaty of Rome 1957 - 4 Freedoms ...
The Freedoms are as follows:
GoodsServicesCapitalPeople
all of which are supposed to be able to move freely across internal borders
Unfortunately this does not exist in practice – so why is only one of the freedoms (People) being singled out for the UK to be punished by the EU?
This is especially relevant when in reality none of the other ‘Freedoms’ have actually come fully into existence, so instead on ‘banging on’ about migration the EU would be better advised to concentrate on making the others (goods, services, capital) work after 57 years of failure and missing every deadline so far
For the most part other elements of the ‘Freedoms’ still remain optional for some member countries and yet the EU resolutely refuses to enforce any of the ‘Freedoms’ except People (migration)
Clearly discrimination for which the EU should be held accountable - so before rushing to levy fines on the UK perhaps the EU should consider their position - and go back to fining France, Germany, Spain etc. for on-going infringements dating back half a centuary
Fed up
If I tipped up in many EU countries looking for work, asking for benefits, free hospital care and the like, I think I would get very short shrift. In my area, VAT, many EU countries routinely ignore the rules if it benefits them.
I really think that there is such a colossal waste of money already going on, this money won't make any difference to EU finances especially as much of it is to be refunded to France and Germany. If it were me, I'd pay what I thought was owed, taking into account the UK defence contribution compared to those who do nothing. What can the EU do in reality? Imposing what is effectively pretend interest will do nothing as there is no collection mechanism.
I think it might be time to go it alone. The EU would miss the UK more than we would miss them.