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reThe United Kingdom is one of the European countries where the new coronavirus has already devastated especially seriously; the death toll is terrifying. And now a few days before this is over horribilis doses, a variant of Sars-CoV-2 is spreading, which is said to be even more contagious.
The consequences can be seen in airports, train stations and ferry ports: traffic from Great Britain to “Europe” has been suspended until further notice; Passengers and goods are no longer transported. This is certainly not the “splendid isolation” that figures prominently in the kingdom’s political folklore because it was once a model for its foreign policy.
Disruption of transport links as a means of preventing the spread of the mutated virus seems necessary as long as the dangers cannot be accurately assessed. But the pass is no reason to indulge in malice about this form of isolation, due to the location of an island.
However, it is not surprising that the huge truck traffic jams are interpreted as a prelude: Negotiations on a trade deal with the EU should not lead to any goals on what could prosper for the country and there should be no follow-up agreement afterwards. the end of the transition period.
The Johnson administration’s announcement that people shouldn’t have to worry about supply chains is understandable. But now you can see how vulnerable they really are, and not under experimental conditions, but under the great epidemiological crisis. Overdone or not: The first bottlenecks in the food supply are feared.
Covid-19 and Brexit: At this point, leaving the EU may seem like a distraction for many citizens of the Kingdom from the existential task of surviving the pandemic unscathed; correctly. Millions of citizens of the continent feel the same. But that does not relieve actors on both sides of the channel of their responsibility to keep the burdens of exit as low as possible. Yes, a “deal” finally belongs on the table. That would be, quite ironic, quite a mess. And at least the extension of the transition period can be considered.
