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\u201cIn significant part because they need the UK to make it work.\u201d<\/p>\n
He added: \u201cThe UK provided a much-needed sensible voice and loads of cash.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe EU now is consumed by its ideology and division between its members. The absence of our cash is hurting greatly.\u201d<\/p>\n
Germany was \u201cstruggling to reinvent its economy away from internal combustion engines\u201d, Mr Habib said, with the technology required – specifically batteries for electric vehicles – being mass-produced in the UK.<\/p>\n
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Mr Habib said: \u201cRemember when Brexiteers said we held the cards – we did and do!<\/p>\n
\u201cBut France is pig-headed – it would rather the EU continues its inexorable march towards political union even if that means the hollowing out of its own country.<\/p>\n
\u201cIndeed, nation states across Europe are being hollowed out by the anti-democratic forces in Brussels.<\/p>\n
\u201cA socialist economic system, massive debt, massive taxes, massive inflation, and no growth.<\/p>\n
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\u201cAdd into the mix massive immigration and unemployment and you have the ingredients for civil strife. The EU is creaking at the seams.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey will soon be begging the UK to rescue them once again!\u201d<\/p>\n
Nevertheless, European Union countries yesterday overcame a big obstacle in their bid to overhaul the bloc\u2019s asylum rules with warnings that time is running out to clinch agreement on the entire scheme before next year\u2019s EU elections.<\/p>\n
EU envoys clinched a deal on a \u201ccrisis regulation\u201d of extraordinary measures that a country could take in the event of a massive, unforeseen movement of migrants toward its borders.<\/p>\n
Don’t miss… <\/strong> It means that EU27 now has a negotiating position to take into talks with the EU parliament.<\/p>\n The deal would involve setting up processing centres on the EU\u2019s outside borders where people would be screened when they arrive and includes the option to detain people until their asylum claims are assessed.<\/p>\n Spanish Interior Minister Fernando Grande-Marlaska, whose country currently holds the bloc\u2019s rotating presidency, said: \u201cToday we have achieved a huge step forward on a critical issue for the future of the EU,\u201d said Spanish Interior Minister Fernando Grande-Marlaska.<\/p>\n European leaders will gather at Spain’s Alhambra Palace today for a two-day conference, with security tight amid rumours Ukraine\u2019s President Volodymyr Zelensky will attend.<\/p>\n
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