#singlemarket — Public Fediverse posts
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"Brexit is costing the UK £11.7bn a year in lost exports, stark new figures show, piling further pressure on Andy Burnham to rejoin the EU’s single market and customs union.
The damning findings by Logistics UK, which represents freight companies and is one of the largest trade associations in the UK, show that the loss in revenue compared with 2019 is worth £400 per household in the UK per year.
The organisation has called on the prime minister to push for greater alignment with EU regulations as campaign groups ramp up pressure to find a pathway for Britain back into the bloc.
It comes as a major new business survey by the European Movement UK has revealed that 72.8 per cent of firms say that Brexit has had a negative impact on their businesses, 96.4 per cent say it has had a negative impact on their communities, and 98.2 per cent want the UK to rejoin the EU’s single market.
Logistics UK head of trade James Mills said: “Greater trade matters because it is closely linked to productivity. It gives businesses access to larger markets, encourages investment and allows successful firms to specialise and grow. Yet Britain’s recent performance points in the wrong direction.”"
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@mikegalsworthy You can't re-join THE #Customs #Union without re-joining the #EuropeanUnion per se. You can, however, have A Customs Union between the #UK & the #EU. #Turkey, #Andorra & #Monaco are all #countries that have #customs #unions with the EU. None of them are in the #SingleMarket, the #eurozone, the #SchengenArea or #EFTA. Better, by far, to re-join the EU!
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Trump’s Arctic saber-rattling boosts Iceland’s pro-EU campaign – POLITICO
A question of sovereignty The key theme looming over the Icelandic referendum is sovereignty. But it’s …
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https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/aug/23/new-eu-border-checks-ees-uk-travellers-visa-queues. None of this sh*t would be happening if it wasn't for #Brexit! This is all the result of the #UK being a "third country" outside the #SingleMarket & outside the #Schengen Zone! By withdrawing from the #EU we have cut off our own noses & shot ourselves in the foot!
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Securing return to EU single market ‘would win Burnham the next election’ https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/eu-single-market-brexit-nick-boles-andy-burnham-b3036607.html
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https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/brexit-andy-burnham-rejoin-eu-single-market-b3029929.html. This is the most unutterable nonsense, @pennine, @ChrisMayLA6. It seems that no-one in the #LabourParty has learned anything from the farcical #experience of the #Tory years, & are apparently convinced that #Brussels will accept #British #membership of the #SingleMarket on the basis of free movement of goods, services & capital, but not labour. The #Tories were told it was all 4 #freedoms or none of them - why should #Burnham get a different answer?
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The proposal would reportedly see Britain promise to extend the protection of Britain’s Armed Forces and nuclear deterrent across Europe, in exchange for access to the EU’s free-trade zone
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79% of Europe’s #tech startups say regulation limited what they built last year. ⛔
"#Founders are not asking the EU to lower its standards. They are asking for clear, workable rules they can rely on across the #SingleMarket."
🔗 https://ccianet.org/news/2026/07/79-of-tech-founders-hit-by-regulatory-friction-as-eu-simplification-grinds-to-a-halt-in-brussels-new-research-finds/ #UnlockEUInnovation
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https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/jul/08/port-of-dover-faces-utter-chaos-under-struggling-eu-entry-system-mps-warn. A #Brexit #benefit indeed! Who was it who decided the #UK would leave the #EuropeanUnion? Who decided #Britain would not be in the #SingleMarket? When is this total insanity going to end? When will we all come to our senses?
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Most EU countries trade more inside the single market than outside it
Eurostat’s 2025 goods-trade review found that a large majority of EU member states traded more within the EU internal market than with countries outside the bloc.
#EU #EUwide #SingleMarket #GoodsTrade #Exports
https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php?title=International_trade_in_goods
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Intra-EU trade rose 2.7% in Q1 2026
Eurostat reported that intra-EU trade reached €1,068.4 billion in January-March 2026, up 2.7% from the same period in 2025.
#EU #EUwide #IntraEUTrade #SingleMarket #GoodsTrade
https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web/products-euro-indicators/w/6-19052026-ap
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https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/jun/18/brexit-customs-union-exports-single-market-research. "Brexit has depressed #UK #exports to the #EU by 12%, & re-joining the #customs #union would undo only a fraction of the damage... #services sector exports to the EU are 7% lower than they would have been if the UK had remained in the EU, & #goods exports are 16% lower... the 'overwhelming majority' of the impact - 10% of the total 12% decline in exports - is accounted for by leaving the #SingleMarket." See: https://www.cer.eu/sites/default/files/JS_AS_brexit10_18.6.26_final.pdf, @pennine.
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https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/jun/17/labour-came-to-power-with-no-big-idea-for-relations-with-eu-says-former-top-diplomat; https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/may/22/uk-pitched-single-market-for-goods-with-eu-as-it-pursues-trade-reintegration. The idea that #Starmer actually attempted to obtain a #SingleMarket, in #goods only, from #Brussels, when he ought to have known that it would be rejected out-of-hand is utterly risible, @ChrisMayLA6. He should know for a cast-iron fact that it's all 4 freedoms - or NONE of them! The #Tories wanted #free #movement of #capital, #goods & #services, but not labour, & were told they couldn't have their cake & eat it. The same rule applies!
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https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jun/17/lib-dems-to-urge-labour-to-drop-torpor-and-timidity-on-eu-and-rejoin-single-market. At last! The #LibDems have finally come off the fence, & are now calling for #Britain (NOT the #UK, as #NorthernIreland is already in it, de facto, if not de jure) to re-join the #SingleMarket. That makes 100% #economic #sense, but it entails restoring #free #movement, so the #Tories & #ReformUK will be vehemently opposed, but so, too, will #Labour, @ChrisMayLA6!
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To be fair, the rest of Ribera's speech is not bad: she emphasises how industrial policy (competitiveness!) should not reduce #competition in the EU #SingleMarket and that the combination of technological, market, and political power is a real problem.
But the ignorance needed to celebrate the EU #HumanRights record in 2026 (and being applauded from an audience full of wealthy lawyers for it) is really sad.
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The European #CircularEconomy Stakeholder Platform conference showed that circularity is an environmental imperative & a strategic necessity. It will only scale if it becomes a key part of the #SingleMarket.
We keep working for a just transition with #EUCivilSociety at its core.
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https://foreignpolicy.com/2026/05/28/merz-germany-eu-brussels-regulation-leyen/?tpcc=recirc_latest062921. The #SingleMarket is a good thing - & so are its #rules & #regulations. #Britain needs to be back inside it, & that means accepting #free #movement of #labour.
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The UK pitched a single market for goods with the EU in pursuit of deeper trade ties.
The UK government pitched the creation of a single market for goods with the EU as the cornerstone of an ambitious attempt to reintegrate British trade back into Europe, the Guardian can reveal.
Sources say it was rebuffed.
#UK #EU #Brexit #Trade #Europe #Politics #Business #SingleMarket
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https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/may/22/uk-pitched-single-market-for-goods-with-eu-as-it-pursues-trade-reintegration. Idiots! Our #Brexit #negotiators were told, repeatedly, by Michel Barnier for the #EU when they wanted 3 out of the 4 freedoms -#freedom of #movement for #goods, #services & #capital, but not #free movement of #labour - that it was all 4 freedoms or none of them. The #SingleMarket isn't an à la carte #menu, but a set one! When will our STUPID #politicians get that simple message through their thick skulls?
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Plus ça change...
When will they get it?
Just say it was a mistake, and we should be back in. -
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/may/19/wes-streetings-brexit-europe-referendum. "The UK’s choices are therefore not only increasingly constrained, but... at odds with the stipulations of the 2024 [Labour] #manifesto that the UK will not re-join the #SingleMarket or #customs #union or accept #freedom of #movement." The #LabourParty, like the #Tories, wants to "have its cake & eat it" over the EU - wanting 3 out of the 4 freedoms, when they MUST, & DO, know it's all 4 or none!
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https://theconversation.com/drug-shortages-continue-to-be-a-problem-in-the-uk-yet-strengthening-supply-chains-alone-wont-solve-this-issue-282682. Yet again, this article does not mention the deleterious effect of #British #withdrawal from the #European #SingleMarket on the #supply of #prescription #drugs in this country, @ConversationUK. Anyone would think it was a non-issue - it ISN'T. See: https://www.pharmacy.biz/uk-medicine-shortages-brexit-patient-care/.
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https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/may/17/culture-secretary-lisa-nandy-says-wes-streeting-rejoin-eu-call-odd. Lisa #Nandy, the MP for #Brexit! I never thought I'd agree with anything Wes #Streeting said, but about THIS, I do. The very least we need to do is ensure that #Britain re-joins the #SingleMarket, & that means restoring #freedom of #movement.
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RT by @WorkersEESC: 📣 Calling all businesses, trade unions, CSOs & more!
✏️#EESC Single Market Enforcement Observatory invites you to complete a survey on #SingleMarket barriers ➡️http://link.europa.eu/w6CDTh
Help us identify obstacles faced by EU businesses, workers and consumers!
📅Deadline 12/6
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Keir Starmer leaves door open to ditching his Brexit red lines – POLITICO
“The last government was defined by breaking our relationship with Europe. This Labour government will be defined by…
#NewsBeep #News #Headlines #Brexit #CustomsUnion #Elections #Energy #EUsummit #Growth #KeirStarmer #opinion #Payments #Platforms #Security #SingleMarket #TopNews #TopStories #Trade #UnitedKingdom #UrsulavonderLeyen
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Keir Starmer leaves door open to ditching his Brexit red lines – POLITICO
“The last government was defined by breaking our relationship with Europe. This Labour government will be defined by…
#NewsBeep #News #Headlines #Brexit #CustomsUnion #Elections #Energy #EUsummit #growth #KeirStarmer #Opinion #payments #Platforms #Security #SingleMarket #Trade #UK #UnitedKingdom #UrsulavonderLeyen
https://www.newsbeep.com/532285/