Hier der Fall der Musikerin ein bißchen ausführlicher:
https://www.theguardian.com/education/2019/sep/17/us-academic-given-two-weeks-pack-up-after-eight-years-visa-system-researchersAuch NHS-Mediziner, deren Visa demnächst auslaufen, sollten sich wohl schnellstens einen Job auf dem Kontinent suchen, falls sie ihre Kontostände nicht immer im Blick hatten, bevor morgens die Polizei an die Türe klopft:
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2019/oct/02/nhs-doctor-mu-chun-chiang-faces-deportation-visa-application-errorBobbeles Vorschläge an die EUdürften schon deshalb zum Scheitern verurteilt sein, weil er der Exekutive Nordirlands und dem seit zwei Jahren nicht mehr zusammengekommenen Parlament ein Veto-Recht einräumt. Zudem soll Nordirland nach Ablauf der "Transition Period" auf jeden Fall zolltechnisch in das UK eingegliedert sein, was mithin die Verletzung des Binnenmarktes oder des Karfreitagsabkommens nur aufschöbe, falls es bis dahin nicht zu einer Wiedervereinigung Irlands käme. Schließlich beträfe die Vereinbarung nur den Warenverkehr, nicht aber Dienstleistungen.
Daß er dafür der EU (mit) die Schuld gibt, kommt nicht überraschend. Der Brief ist im Artikel abgebildet:
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/oct/02/boris-johnson-unveils-brexit-plan-for-alternative-to-backstopSpoiler
Boris Johnson has laid out a five-point Brexit offer that would take Britain, including Northern Ireland, out of the customs union, and warned the EU27 there is “very little time” to do a deal.
In a letter to the European commission president, Jean-Claude Juncker, the prime minister said: “This government wants to get a deal, as I’m sure we all do. If we cannot reach one, it would represent a failure of statecraft for which we would all be responsible.”
The government’s five points include:
• Respecting the Belfast/Good Friday agreement.
• A commitment to longstanding areas of UK-Ireland collaboration.
• Creating an all-island regulatory zone on the island of Ireland, covering all goods including agri-food.
• Giving the Northern Ireland executive and assembly the opportunity to endorse the new regulatory arrangements before they enter into force.
• Northern Ireland will be fully part of the UK customs territory, not the EU customs union, after the end of the transition period.
Johnson said the plan was a “fair and reasonable compromise”, and talked of a “broad landing zone, in which I believe a deal can begin to take shape”. He added: “There is very little time … We need to get this done before the October European council.”
As he suggested in his Conservative party conference speech on Wednesday, the plan involves Northern Ireland leaving the customs union at the end of transition, together with the rest of the UK.
That would entail customs checks on the island of Ireland, which Johnson argues can be alleviated through alternative arrangements including electronic paperwork, and a “very small number” of physical checks, to take place at businesses’ premises.
While the initial response from the EU27 has been frosty, Johnson does appear to have won the support of the Democratic Unionist party, which has been closely involved in discussions about the plan in recent days.
Ministers believe the DUP is the “canary in the coalmine”, whose objections to Theresa May’s deal helped to kill it with the pro-Brexit European Research Group (ERG).
They hope the DUP’s approval will help to win over many of those Conservatives who rejected May’s deal. Steve Baker, the ERG chairman, tweeted that Johnson was a “hero” after his conference speech, apparently signalling his approval for the PM’s approach.
A DUP spokesman said: “The offer provides a basis for the EU to continue in a serious and sustained engagement with the UK government without risk to the internal market of the United Kingdom. It will require changes to the draft withdrawal treaty and we welcome the fact that all sides now recognise that requirement in order to secure agreement.”
The DUP claimed the proposals would ensure Northern Ireland was out of the single market and customs union, although in reality it would maintain some regulatory alignment with Ireland until at least 2025.
In an explanatory note published alongside Johnson’s letter to Juncker, the government proposes giving the Northern Ireland assembly and executive an “opportunity for democratic consent”, before the end of the transition period and again every four years, about whether the regulatory arrangements should continue.
“If consent is withheld, the arrangements will not enter into force or will lapse … after one year, and arrangements will default to existing rules,” the note says.
A government official said the plan would create a single regulatory zone across Ireland for goods but not services – a suggestion that was previously rejected by the DUP.
The major difference between the new arrangements and the backstop is that there will now be a mechanism for consent allowing both the NI executive and assembly to endorse those arrangements, the official said.
Asked what would happen in regards to the border and border checks if Northern Ireland’s democratic institutions voted to end regulatory alignment with the EU, the official said: “That’s a discussion we will have closer to the time.”
The prime minister does not intend to extend the transition period but did not rule it out, the official said.
Crucially, the official was unable to say what would happen if Stormont or the executive rejects the new arrangements. The official also conceded that the deal could involve another tranche of money going to Northern Ireland.
Jeremy Corbyn dismissed Johnson’s proposals. He said: “It’s worse than Theresa May’s deal. I can’t see it getting the support that he thinks it will get.”
Speaking to Sky News, the Labour leader said Johnson would create a Britain of deregulation and of undercutting, adding: “It will also undermine the Good Friday agreement.”
Asked how it was worse than May’s proposals, he said “particularly the section on Northern Ireland” and “a specific intention to deregulate alongside Europe”.
Corbyn urged Johnson to come to the Commons on Thursday to explain his plan, adding that Labour would be telling him it was “not acceptable”.
The Scottish first minister, Nicola Sturgeon, was similarly unimpressed, tweeting: “Hard to see how the UK government Brexit ‘proposals’ fly. And hard to escape conclusion that they’re designed to fail.”
Edith meint, der Spiegel habe den Finger drauf:
Der Erpresser
Zum Abschluss des Tory-Parteitags hat Boris Johnson der EU ein vergiftetes Angebot unterbreitet. Er nennt es einen Kompromiss, andere nennen es Nötigung. Die EU und Großbritannien stehen vor einem zweiwöchigen Showdown.
Eine Analyse von Jörg Schindler, London
https://www.spiegel.de/politik/ausland/brexit-premier-boris-johnson-hat-fuer-die-eu-ein-vergiftetes-angebot-a-1289758.html
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