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27 januari 2020 10:54 |
Citaat:
Oorspronkelijk geplaatst door Hoofdstraat
(Bericht 9233944)
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De Netto-verschuiving is wel degelijk die van UK jobs en kapitaal richting EU-landen (Dublin, Parijs, Frankfurt) , dat er ook een kleinere omgekeerde beweging is (10% of minder?) klopt maar heeft weinig effect behalve natuurlijk als roeptoeter voor bepaalde politici en media.
De echte Brexodus zit niet in de City maar in die van EU burgers die huiswaarts keren, dokters, verplegers, technici, studenten, proffesoren etc.
Dat voelt men nu al en zal men in toenemende mate voelen in de loop van 2020.
Bootjes met illegalen die de Noordzee overpeddelen zal blijven bestaan maar de portugese of spaanse dokters of verpleegsters die naar het UK komen om in de NHS te werken, dat zal meer uitzondering worden.
Ze zouden wel gek moeten zijn.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/artic...ope-on-the-u-k
Citaat:
The gap between continental Europe and Britain doesn’t seem that wide anymore. Yes, even the U.K. at its most dysfunctional can claim to be outperforming the likes of Italy, and Brexit has produced nothing as violent as the riots of the Gilets Jaunes, or Yellow Jackets, that trashed French monuments, ministries, and storefronts. But Europe’s brain drain follows job opportunities, and there are more of those on the continent than there used to be. French unemployment is at a 10-year low, and there’ve been almost 1 million jobs created since March 2015. The U.K. is holding up, but investment is falling.
EU capitals such as Paris are even having a go at imitating the U.K. by attracting more financial-services firms, holding international commercial court disputes in English, and establishing more English-language schools. I am skeptical that, in the long run, the imitation will beat the original. But that also depends on how messy Brexit gets. Alban de Clermont-Tonnerre, a partner at Clerville Investment Management, says that even if a huge Brexodus of finance jobs to the euro zone hasn’t happened, it’s still contingent on the U.K.’s non-EU fortunes.
The irony is that the U.K. used to celebrate the legacy of its European arrivals, from the Huguenot families that partly financed the creation of the Bank of England, to the Polish and Italian workers who came after World War II. Its embrace of capitalism as a religion that tolerated all comers was singled out for praise by the Enlightenment philosopher Voltaire. These traditions are taking a hit. Some will blame the EU for the impact of immigration, but the truth is that the U.K. ignored all the sensible limits on free movement used by other euro region countries during the boom years. The xenophobic backlash that sparked the U.K.’s decision to leave the world’s biggest single market is just as extreme.
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