We seek an amicable divorce from the political European Union and its replacement with a genuine free trade agreement, which is what we thought we signed up to in the first place.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- The speaker wants to leave the EU political structure but keep trade relations through a free trade agreement, believing that was the original intent.
- In plain terms
- We want to leave the EU politically but keep trading freely as originally planned.
- What can you take from it?
- Political separation does not mean ending economic cooperation.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What defines a genuine trade agreement?
- How do you separate politics from trade?
Another view
The claim about original intent may be contested by historical records.
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