Perhaps. However, Greenland is not part of the EU. Greenland was a member of the EU from 1973 to 1979 - when it exited membership. Its departure may have been largely because its main industry was fishing - however this decision may have also had geostrategic implications which were not considered.
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Interestingly, Greenland used to be part of the EEC. It joined the EEC (as part of Denmark) on the very same day (01/01/1973) as Ireland and the UK also joined. Only a few short years later Greenland left the EEC while the rest of Denmark remained. I think this may have related to fishing rights.
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Would this be the UK in the single market for goods only (a bit like Northern Ireland is now - as covered in the Protocol within EU-UK Withdrawal Agreement), or the UK in the single market for services as well as for goods?
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Link to Brexit cost website
n 2015, a consequential General election delivered a political constellation that made Brexit a possibility. Brexit. In 2024, we can now study the economic impact of Brexit using data up to 2022. This is a thread in which I try to go full circle to the origins of Brexit. But lets start with
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Apparently Brexit has created a structural hole in UK GDP of about the same size as the UK spends upon its NHS. I don't remember seeing that written on the side of a bus. But it probably explains quite alot.
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