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(7 Posts)
GabriellaG54 Wed 30-Oct-19 19:13:56

It seems that Angela Merkel is wondering how to shoulder the burden of increased dues to the EU post UK brexit.
Reminds me of Laurel n Hardy - another fine mess...

maddyone Wed 30-Oct-19 19:18:57

What a surprise! Well, they’ll have to get the money from somewhere, won’t they! They’ll just have to pay more.

lemongrove Wed 30-Oct-19 22:01:53

They will all have to shoulder the extra money won’t they and put off extravagant enterprises ( and buy cheaper claret and champagne!)winewink

Gaunt47 Wed 30-Oct-19 22:05:03

And perhaps she should have taken the problem more seriously three years ago, and then some decisions could have been made by now.......

maddyone Wed 30-Oct-19 22:45:43

Lemon,

‘.....buy cheaper claret and champagne.’ grin

Perhaps it’s a good job Juncker is retiring, that’ll save them a fair few Euros.

MawB Wed 30-Oct-19 22:57:20

Could you please get your head round links, GabbyG it’s not rocket science and a screenshot is impossible to read. Not that I would necessarily bother when it’s the DM .
If you google an article you just need to “copy” for the link to come up blue.

MawB Wed 30-Oct-19 22:59:53

www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=2&ved=2ahUKEwj4r5TwisXlAhVLI1AKHUkKB4IQxfQBMAF6BAgJEAc&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cnbc.com%2F2019%2F10%2F30%2Fbrexit-europe-countries-may-have-to-pay-more-into-the-eu-budget.html&usg=AOvVaw2E6Pup2rAPt0joWIg2UtYK