BREXIT BLOCK: EU bureaucrats tell Britain to PAY £20BN bill or we WON'T let you leave

Express ^ | Aug 6, 2016 | Rebecca Perring & Monika Pallenberg

[bgill]

How can “they” hold Britain hostage?

[knarf]

In public international law, clausula rebus sic stantibus (Latin for “things thus standing”) is the legal doctrine allowing for treaties to become inapplicable because of a fundamental change of circumstances.

[ameribbean expat]

Issue is market access. Post the money in escrow, then hammer the EU on the remaining points. Good negotiators will keep the 20 billion pound figure in mind and negotiate accordingly. The UK can come out way ahead on this one.

[AndyTheBear]

You can check out any time you want. But you can never leave.

[Trillian]

They will be very angry with them... and they will write them a letter, telling them how angry they are.

[moose07]

Dear EU,

Sincerely,
M07.

[TADSLOS]

Double Down the stupidity, EU.

[WMarshal]

This is why nation states have militaries. The EU can stuff it.

[Roger Kaputnik]

The EU sounds like the Corleone Family (The Godfather).

[amnestynone]

Just leave and to hell with them!

[thoughtomator]

looks like the EU is effectively Islamic already

[Still Thinking]

.....which they plan to enforce how, exactly???

[Still Thinking]

If they were demanding money to get IN, that would be one thing, but how can they possibly demand money to get our??

[TheNext]

Send EU the $Trillion bill for the fraudulent EU trash currency. Trade worthless paper for paper. People have NO obligation to pay Govt fat cat pensions. Slavery is immoral.

[arthurus]

Can. Will?

[az_gila]

1.Did Britain lawfully incur the charges?
2.$20 billion seems a small price to get your freedom back if they did incur the charges.

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Sounds like a back charge for everyone due to some EU really lousy financial practices...:^)

The now 27-member bloc has been pushing through a mountain of bills unpaid for years, which now amounts to more than €200 billion (£170billion) and it is alleged that the British share is around €25 billion euros (£20billion).

[mancini]

Extortion

[dfwgator]

Extortion

"If you mention extortion again, I'll have your legs broken."

[A CA Guy]

I read they were giving the EU a lot more than that a month before they left.
But 20 billion to buy back what, for what?

[ConservativeDude]

elaborate on that legal mechanism? is that part of “European law” under the current regimen?