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Rob Fitzgerald @robfitzgerald.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

There are so many obstacles. Poland and France will have their own referendum. If UK jumps through every hoop then welcome

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Rob Fitzgerald @robfitzgerald.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

FoM with no quotas is more important. EU citizens must move freely.

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Rob Fitzgerald @robfitzgerald.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Germany France Italy Spain etc. managed it and had the same qualms. Solidarity. No European is gonna let UK bankrupt. London would be the biggest € City

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Rob Fitzgerald @robfitzgerald.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

It's way easier to keep the CTA. Id say the Irish government would be quite keen on status quo. It could be presented as a sop but would be an easy give up for the EU to smoothen everything

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Rob Fitzgerald @robfitzgerald.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

UK has gone to the IMF before. Treated like Greece? All the PIIGS are doing pretty well since the reforms. Truth is a major country like Italy, France or UK might be handled differently but also remember Tsipras and Varakoukis were pontificating in Euro crisis meetings, lecturing etc

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Rob Fitzgerald @robfitzgerald.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

This will go down well. The French love to be ordered about by the Yanks.

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Rob Fitzgerald @robfitzgerald.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Maybe the dollar system is breaking with Trump's actions. Could help € sentiment

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Rob Fitzgerald @robfitzgerald.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Doesn't France have a referendum regarding new member states? Have to win that one too

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WarTranslated (Dmitri) @wartranslated.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Putin claims Russia allegedly has no plans to fight Europe, Baltics included, but says Russian speakers’ rights are violated in Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia and Moscow knows how to respond under "international law". But he seems to forget he said the same about Ukraine before the aggression.

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Rob Fitzgerald @robfitzgerald.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

I'm not sure the people objecting to CETA ICS are proposing solutions

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Rob Fitzgerald @robfitzgerald.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

It has been held up with legal challenges in Ireland around the Investor Court System www.socialdemocrats.ie/government-m...

“Crucially, the free trade element of CETA – which has seen the reciprocal removal of nearly 99 per cent of tariffs between the EU and Canada – has applied since September 2017. So, any claims this was done to facilitate the trade element of the deal do not stand up to scrutiny.

“The fact is, ratification of this deal will lead to an investor court system being established, which allow large corporations to leapfrog domestic and EU courts and take cases against governments to tribunals when policy decisions impact their bottom line.

“The government sat back for three years and did nothing after the 2022 Supreme Court judgment and is now trying to use the cover of tariff wars to claim ratification of this deal is urgent. It is not.

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Rob Fitzgerald @robfitzgerald.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

I followed this closely and I've never heard one Canadian inquire as to how much this will cost. Not one. Nobody has rejected EU programs pre negotiations either. Its refreshing. Same with the Ukrainians. Everyone is positive

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Rob Fitzgerald @robfitzgerald.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Thanks to you and your staff Niall. Good People

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Rob Fitzgerald @robfitzgerald.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Turkey has closed 1 of the 35 EU accession chapters so far

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Rob Fitzgerald @robfitzgerald.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

It was shot down by the UK because you would need Freedom of Movement. The Canadians seem to be open to FoM

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Rob Fitzgerald @robfitzgerald.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

The far right are obsessed with it. Everyone else has more mundane problems. Half the article is focused on Wilders, a Dutch has been politician who is a joke figure to the majority

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Rob Fitzgerald @robfitzgerald.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Looking forward to learning Canadian. Seems easy enough

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Rob Fitzgerald @robfitzgerald.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

They are problems within an existing member state that threatens the EU. They'll always exist

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Rob Fitzgerald @robfitzgerald.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

The entire EU civil service is only about 80,000 people. It's very streamlined. The 'highly bureaucratic' critique doesn't even pass muster.

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Rob Fitzgerald @robfitzgerald.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Look Larry. Have you ever heard of Vietnam? You're entering a world of pain. Son.

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Rob Fitzgerald @robfitzgerald.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

If you are right then Ireland should have similar outcomes to the UK. (I dont know the data)

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Rob Fitzgerald @robfitzgerald.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

I hate it for those reasons and more. A terrible move

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Rob Fitzgerald @robfitzgerald.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

You have citizenship via descent and are unaffected

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Rob Fitzgerald @robfitzgerald.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

It's not the EU. This is an FF/FG action

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Rob Fitzgerald @robfitzgerald.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

France too. I dont get it either. Its not the case in Ireland or the UK

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Rob Fitzgerald @robfitzgerald.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

No one voted for this. It was on no manifesto. What's the big difference between 5 and 8 years? This is to appease the racists and xenophobes who won't even be happy with. Theyll want ten years next. 15 years etc

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Rob Fitzgerald @robfitzgerald.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

I think he's just describing reality rather than bemoaning it

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Rob Fitzgerald @robfitzgerald.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

There are about 100 million professional drivers worldwide. Mainly men. What will they do instead?

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Frances: Meh and Loving It @francesmeh.reviews · 12/03/2025

you've been hit by you've been struck by a huge vehicle

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Rob Fitzgerald @robfitzgerald.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Women, slaves couldn't vote. Im presuming.

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Rob Fitzgerald @robfitzgerald.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

When voting for the GFA, many people said to me 'but the Brits wont follow thru and allow a referendum'. ' Ah they will' I said. These kind of statements by a UK PM are so dumb. Politics exists outside the UK

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Rob Fitzgerald @robfitzgerald.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

That is for getting citizenship by descent. It is a route to citizenship in that if you are a resident in Ireland, you can become a citizen after 5 years residence. For €1125.

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Rob Fitzgerald @robfitzgerald.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

AI can translate everything if they dont want to hire someone. Its not even costly.

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Rob Fitzgerald @robfitzgerald.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Points to the greatest player in football history. Just be like him. Simples.

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e.w. niedermeyer @niedermeyer.online · 18/08/2026

really enjoyed the NY Times profile of the latest submissive blonde whose energy will be fed to the golden throne that keeps our decaying pedophile emperor alive

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Rob Fitzgerald @robfitzgerald.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Uk students will get access to home fees in 27+ countries. This is the reciprocal nature of the scheme. UK is asking for something nobody else has.

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Rob Fitzgerald @robfitzgerald.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

The David Gemmell universe. 'Druss the Legend' the Drenai saga or the Rigante Series or Waylander

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Rob Fitzgerald @robfitzgerald.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Its indicative of the delusional bubbles they live in, that they ever thought Irexit was possible.

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