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    Originally posted by TonTon View Post

    Does that mean speaking and writing?
    Yes. As contrasted with receptive skills, reading and listening

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      Originally posted by Nefertiti2 View Post
      Is Hungarian not an official language? Would it be easier to get Hungarian citizenship or would that be problematic?
      To get Romanian citizenship you need Romanian. Theoretically I could get Hungarian citizenship - if my other half got it first (which she could do as a result of Orb?n's nationalism). I'd rather get Romanian though. I've lived here 16 years and never lived in Hungary. Plus, fuck, Orb?n.

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        fuck Orb?n indeed, - in fact the diacritica ban seems to have fucked mentioning his name pretty thoroughly

        and fuck his British allies too

        https://twitter.com/sunny_hundal/status/987271235687145472?s=20

        meanwhile....his style is increasingly popular.

        https://twitter.com/davidallengreen/status/1305103361264451584?s=20

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          Originally posted by Sporting View Post
          Are they looking for A2 or B1 level?
          It's not quite as simple as that. You have to pass an exam in Romanian about history, geography, the constitution etc.

          I suspect they would make it fairly easy on me as I'm a white man from a rich country.

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            The British nationality quiz involves actively learning untruths


            meanwhile

            https://twitter.com/Bill_Esterson/status/1305202774926405632?s=20

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              Why is Harry Cole?

              https://twitter.com/MrHarryCole/status/1305241165290180608

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                Erm, who is Harry Cole, and why the fuck should I give a flyer as to what he writes?

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                  He was the leader of the Guido Fawkes blog and now writes for the Sun

                  No reason to waste your time on him other than that he does appear to have some influence with those in power.

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                    Ta.

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                      Oops

                      https://twitter.com/FT/status/1305199805870858240

                      In the bilateral UK-Japan agreement announced in principle on Friday, London and Tokyo have agreed to replicate the restrictions on subsidies in the EU-Japan deal that went into effect last year. That agreement prohibits the governments from indefinitely guaranteeing the debts of struggling companies or providing an open-ended bailout without a clear restructuring plan in place.

                      By contrast, the UK has repeatedly told the EU that it must have total freedom over state aid after the end of the Brexit transition period with complete autonomy over future subsidy decisions, subject to WTO rules.

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                        Good description of Liz Truss “Always photographed appearing shocked and surprised that she has ever managed to end up there”.

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                          Reuters reporting the IM bill has brought euro clearing back into question, at least till the end of the month, which is when the clearing houses would have to notify customers that they have to move their positions to the EU. Seems like the Commission is willing to take hostages too.

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                            If I were a Japanese negotiator, I'll be wondering how soon this State Aid rule is going to be broken...

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                              The EU would be negligent not to bring Euro clearing back into question

                              This is just incredibly dumb from the Government. Cummings is nothing but a troll.

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                                Wild conjecture: is the whole thing an attempt to drop Northern Ireland and blame it on the EU?

                                Thinking about it, that's far too clever for the eighth-wits that rule us...

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                                  Originally posted by Moonlight Shadow View Post
                                  If I were a Japanese negotiator, I'll be wondering how soon this State Aid rule is going to be broken...
                                  Presumably if you're a Japanese negotiator you know exactly how much aid you got for the Nissan plant

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                                    This Thread explains the strategy

                                    https://twitter.com/seanjonesqc/status/1305787216216678400?s=21

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                                      Originally posted by Ginger Yellow View Post
                                      Reuters reporting the IM bill has brought euro clearing back into question, at least till the end of the month, which is when the clearing houses would have to notify customers that they have to move their positions to the EU. Seems like the Commission is willing to take hostages too.
                                      FT now reporting pretty much the opposite, that the EU has proposed to extend the clearing oversight transition by 18 months.

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                                        Curious

                                        Are there systems or other operational concerns?

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                                          I suspect they've just caved to the banking lobby.

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                                            may also need time to build the alternatives- and no doubt the banks are pretty split



                                            The EU is preparing to offer its banks an 18-month extension on access to London’s crucial markets infrastructure as it seeks to prevent a jolt to financial stability when the UK’s Brexit transition period expires at the end of the year. The European Commission has proposed that access to UK-based clearing houses — which sit between deals and prevent defaults from ricocheting through the rest of the market — should remain undisturbed until the middle of 2022, according to plans seen by the Financial Times. The proposals reflect London’s pre-eminence in clearing euro-denominated derivatives, and suggests that financial services are a point of leverage for the UK in increasingly strained trade negotiations with the EU. But Brussels wants EU financial institutions to use the extra time as a breathing space to steadily “reduce their exposure to United Kingdom market infrastructures”, according to the seven-page proposal. The paper calls for “the scaling down of the reliance” on the UK and says the EU financial sector should develop “a clear process” for achieving this as it adjusts to life after Brexit, arguing the bloc cannot outsource oversight of such critical activities.

                                            Clearing houses such as the London Stock Exchange Group’s LCH and London-based ICE Clear Europe are among the most critical institutions in the global financial system. Without action by Brussels, EU banks would automatically lose access to them from January 1 next year. This means banks would be forced to start removing their business from them starting next month — a costly and potentially disruptive task. EU national governments have until September 18 to review the commission’s proposal, which is expected to be adopted this month. The commission declined to comment. London dominates derivatives clearing, and handles the bulk of the €735tn market in Europe. L

                                            CH alone clears about 90 per cent of all euro-denominated interest-rate-swap transactions. The eurozone offers few alternative venues that can cope with the volume of business. The EU is preparing legislation to toughen its oversight of UK clearing houses, and to pressure them to shift activities into the union, after the UK’s post-Brexit transition period expires at the end of the year. The Bank of England and the European Central Bank have warned that an abrupt cut-off would pose a threat to stability across the region. Recommended Inside BusinessMartin Arnold ECB supervisors turn the screw on banks’ Brexit plans The commission paper says that Brexit, coupled with the current high level of dependence on London, creates “risks for the financial stability of the Union and for the transmission and conduct of the Union’s monetary policy”. Last year, the EU empowered regulators to determine whether non-EU clearing houses should have to shift activities into the bloc to service European clients. Mandatory relocation could be necessary to give the EU enough oversight over infrastructure that is critical to the bloc’s financial stability. EU officials acknowledge that LCH is the prime target of the legislation. The move comes while the commission is still in a broader assessment of whether the UK should be granted other “equivalence” rights in financial regulations. These rights contain crucial permissions for institutions to access oversees financial services without running into regulatory barriers or prohibitive costs. Brussels has made clear that one of the biggest “equivalence” prizes on offer — the right for another country’s investment firms to operate across the EU — will not be granted to the UK yet, in part due to uncertainty over the UK’s future regulatory regime.

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                                              Yes, La Repubblica suggests the former reason:

                                              https://twitter.com/antoguerrera/status/1305757879740309505

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                                                Reading the article, the 18 months extension is somewhat shorter of what was expected and it seems to be in place to avert short term problems and give time to the EU to set in place a long term solution if the UK antics carry on.

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                                                  Thread on the government's latest argument .

                                                  https://twitter.com/bricksilk/status/1304065058423611392

                                                  Saw this guy argue a case in court on EU and domestic law obligations relatively recently. He won, FWIW.

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                                                    Originally posted by Nefertiti2 View Post
                                                    He's over-complicating it.

                                                    There basically were two types of laws or rights in the UK. There were those that a prime minister with a working majority can extinguish overnight on a whim. And there Were laws and rights that you have to leave the EU to extinguish. You've left the EU now. so prepare to have your rights and legal protections extinguished.

                                                    Once you think about that for a few minutes, it becomes clear that having supported any course of action other than an urgent second referendum was....not smart. Perhaps the demand for a second referendum wasn't quite the pointless distraction from the project of socialism that some people are prone to claim.

                                                    They might want to get a move on with creating that alternative to london clearing. Something that has been lost in this chat about violating international law, and people talking in the UK parliament is what exactly is the effect of this breaking the law in a limited and selective way. It is that the UK would become the single largest hub for smuggling anywhere on earth. Anyone anywhere, will be able to ship anything they want to the UK, Get on a boat to belfast, drive to rosslare and get on the ferry to cherbourg, and suddenly you're in the EU.

                                                    So this isn't just a matter of the UK breaking just any old international agreement with the EU. It's the UK raising the fucking pirate flag, and basically stealing from every EU government.. It's an open declaration of economic war, and not a little tariffs dispute.

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