Comments by "Karsten Schuhmann" (@karstenschuhmann8334) on "Commission makes it clear! "We are not promising the same EU minimum wage for all Europeans"" video.

Talking about the UK?
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@floro7687 Sure, the UK is not.
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What is your issue? The level playing field does not contain any minimum wage, but other minimum standards.
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@stevieframe Isn't the Government of the UK far more elitist than any other in Europe, including the European parliament?
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@stevieframe Well, the EU parliament is democratically elected by the citizens of the EU.
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@edwardoleyba3075 Well, the level playing field is a crucial component for full and direct access to the common market. It is basically the rule of law that allows each country and each individuum to trust the products (physical or financial) traded within this market. If you do not commit to these standards, we will need border checks to enforce the rule of law.
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@edwardoleyba3075 I am well aware, that UK standards are the basis of some of these EU standards, pushed by the UK to become EU standards (as this gave advantages for the British industry). Germany and France have done the same. But all this is irrelevant, these are the rules to have full and direct access to the common market, anything else would spoil the market. And this would cost much more than the we could ever hope to benefit from a trade deal with the UK. It would be a net negative. No country in the EU will decide to suffer just to pamper the UK.
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@edwardoleyba3075 The UK needs to make the EU an offer all member countries can agree to.
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@edwardoleyba3075 I am not part of the negotiations, just like you, I am limited to press releases. Generally, it depends on the access to the common market you need. Nothing ever described by Brexiters was on the level of Canada. The Canada++++ often referred to contains freedom of services and, therefore, requires the level-playing-field, in order to provide for the rule of law.
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@edwardoleyba3075 All members of the EU are sovereign! So your claim makes little sense. All countries on earth have signed treaties in which they committed to cerain actions or non actions, still, you would call most of them them sovereign. Well, if there is no deal, Barnier will have an even stronger hand in 2021.
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@edwardoleyba3075 Well, we are sovereign, and the UK used to be sovereign, otherwise, there would be no Brexit. But sure, there is Covid 19, and the trade deals with MERCOSUR, Australia, and New Zealand.
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The EU removes red tape by harmonizing the standards of its 27 members, and by removing border issues. This allows many companies to trade and expand into several other countries in the EU in the first place.
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@conor1077 What are you talking about, the UK was not even mentioned.
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@conor1077 He has not mentioned the UK either.
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@annoyingbstard9407 So please tell me, would you really suggest the same minimum wages in Lichtenstein and Romania to be introduced right now? I mean, this can be the long term goal, but surely it is not prracticable right now.
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@annoyingbstard9407 No, these are not meaningless words. He says the universal minimum wage is the long term goal but not the right instrument right now. The convergence policy is designed to slowly align the standards in the member countries, this process needs to be slow, as the different countries are very different in the GDP per capita and the standart of living. Adapting the standarts too fast would lead to economic disruption in the poorer countries. In addition, there are very different living expenses in the EU (and even in France), so the same minimum wage is still not feaseble. At the moment we already have a convergence e.g. in the numer of vacation days and work place savety.
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@raymondbullock4557 Well whatever decision the EU makes you will critisize it. This way you can be totally inconsistent without raising a red flag. But if you want to be taken seriously you need to propose alternatives and expose yourself to the same scruteny.
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@stevieframe What does this even mean? Do you think shouting nasty stuff from the sidelines would prevent corruption?
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@stevieframe Well, I would guess you should tackle British corruption first. In any case one of the reasons for Brexit was the fact that the EU wanted to fight tax avoidance.
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@Isochest Well the common fishery policy reduced fishing quotas and the results are much better than without. Not ideal, but this is always the case with political decisions.
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@Isochest Nobody discriminated against the UK, British fishermen sold their quotas. Do you really want to socialize legally purchased property from forreigeners?
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@Isochest This was nothing the EU did. The way the quotas were assigned was purely British, the selling of the quotas was done in the UK and according to British law. The EU was not involved in the way the UK distributed its fishing quotas.
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Apache Could you elaborate?
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@Abravado You know that Greece cheated to be allowed to enter the Euro, don't you?
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