The inhabitants of the Falkland Islands expressed their rejection and “disappointment” at its exclusion from the post-Brexit deal between the European Union (EU) and the United Kingdom, which leaves the archipelago without commercial, tax and customs benefits in the exchange with that community block and they complained about the “dirty and unfair” treatment given them by the British Government.
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First, the Legislative Assembly of the Malvinas Islands held that its representatives were never in “a position to negotiate directly” in his “own name”.
“Thus, our first challenge was getting UK government officials to understand the impact a Brexit would have without agreement in Falkland Islands. We achieve this by engaging with local stakeholders and by publishing three reports that we share with the UK Government, “the Assembly stated in a request published in the Falkland Islands newspaper Penguin News.
The Legislative Assembly indicated that they sent letters to “all the deputies and colleagues” and meetings were held with “as many politicians as possible, including the delivery of evidence to selected committees in the House of Commons and Lords “, as well as joint delegations and meetings with MEPs.
But space regretted that although the United Kingdom sought to include the Falkland Islands and other overseas territories in the trade agreement, which would have meant freeing the archipelago of export tariffs for Europe, “EU negotiators made it clear that they did not have a mandate to negotiate on behalf of their countries and overseas territories and, therefore, they were not willing to discuss the UK’s overseas territories “, as the Falklands are.
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“Unfortunately, Despite our best and sustained efforts, the UK Government was unable to secure an agreement in our name “, complained the Falklands Assembly, reported Telam.
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