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Originally Posted by jonbxx
This definition of Hard Brexit would include the stopping of (off the top of my head);
Assurance of aircraft safety and freedom to fly across Europe (SES agreement)
Sharing of criminal data (Europol)
Harmonisation of drug regulation allowing free import/export of medicines (EMA)
Harmonisation of food safety standards allowing free import/export of food (EFSA)
Here's a more complete list - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agenci...European_Union
Countries like Switzerland, Norway and Iceland are members of many of these EU institutions quite happily but the definition of hard brexit suggests we would leave. I don't get why we would be better off doing this. |
You're trying to talk common sense jonbxx, they'll have none of it on here, you've been warned !
An example is when recently the EU intervened to stop a drugs company ripping us off for cancer drugs. But no, they're all evil faceless bureaucrats...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-39933916
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The European Commission has launched an investigation into claims that drug company Aspen Pharma excessively increased prices of five life-saving cancer medicines.
The drugs include chlorambucil and busulfan - used to treat leukaemia.
The Commission said it was looking at claims that Aspen imposed "very significant and unjustified" price hikes.
The company confirmed an investigation was under way.
South African company Aspen bought the rights to these from British company GlaxoSmithKline, after the patents expired.
According to figures reported in the Times, the price of the leukaemia medicine busulfan increased from £5.20 to £69.02 per pack in England and Wales after this deal.
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