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WHAT ACCEPTANCE OF A CUSTOMS UNION WOULD MEAN FOR THE UK
Submitted by christian on Sun, 03/31/2019 - 16:22
The economic arguments against staying in the EU Customs Union are important, but the political and constitutional consequences are even more profound. Staying inside the EU Customs Union after ceasing to be a Member State would necessarily entail a severe and continuing curtailment of the UK’s powers to govern itself as an independent state and would subject it to the continuing effective jurisdiction of the European Court of Justice (ECJ). In particular:
