Benelux Economic Union explained

The Benelux Union (Dutch: Benelux Unie; French: Union Benelux; Luxembourgish: Benelux-Unioun), also known as simply Benelux, is a politico-economic union and formal international intergovernmental cooperation (http://www.benelux.int) of three neighboring states in western Europe: Belgium, Netherlands,  and Luxembourg. The name Benelux is a portmanteau formed from joining the first two or three letters of each country's name: 

Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg – and was first used to name the customs agreement that initiated the union (signed in 1944). It is now used more generally to refer to the geographic, economic and cultural grouping of the three countries.

• Customs union treaty signed	5 September 1944[2]
• Customs union in effect	1 January 1948[2]
• Renewal signed	17 June 2008
• Renewal in effect	1 January 2010

BeNeLux Economic Union Explained. Aernout Fabius shares his knowledge and experience as a immigrant BeNeLux citizen and Tax Resident of the United Kingdom since 1971.

Britain's third unelected Prime Minister since 2007

  New BrExit Extension expires 31 October 2019  

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Mr Boris Johnson has been given leave to form a new administration. Consider8ng0 the numbers in parliament, the nee Prime Minis5er inherits a paper thin majority in the House of Commons at the Palace of Westminster.

The Micro Business Supply chains will be at the sharp end of any economic decline...

  Editor's Comment  
UK Economic and political planning has been mismanaged and I stress that Mrs Theresa May tried in every way possible to steer her Conservative party's noisy and divided opinion. Let's see if her successor can do any better without capsizing the Ship-of-State...

Aernout Fabius shares his knowledge and experience as a immigrant BeNeLux citizen and Tax Resident of the United Kingdom since 1971.

Wimbledon Ladies Final

Aernout Fabius shares his knowledge and experience as a immigrant BeNeLux citizen and Tax Resident of the United Kingdom since 1971.

Serena Williams' shaky start in the 2019 Wimledon Ladies Final and quick result was a combination of skill, preparation and match fitness.

Mrs Theresa May resigns as Tory Leader

Aernout Fabius shares his knowledge and experience as a immigrant BeNeLux citizen and Tax Resident of the United Kingdom since 1971, including the structural errors and omissions caused by faulty wiring and poor government communication.

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Parliament..destination debate and/or Mrs May's resignation as Primus Inter Pares of the United Kingdom.

Honda closure announcement

Aernout Fabius shares his knowledge and experience as a immigrant BeNeLux citizen and Tax Resident of the United Kingdom since 1971.

BrExit not to blame?

The consequences of the forecast closure of the Honda factory in Swindon is likely to cause economic and social hardship for years...

Populism or democracy

Aernout Fabius shares his knowledge and experience as a immigrant BeNeLux citizen and Tax Resident of the United Kingdom since 1971.

Anna Bildt MEP vs Nigel Farage MEP

Politicians from both sides of the Brexit divide battled it out at a conference organised by Euronews in London on Tuesday.

CBI Boss warns of BrExit emergency zone

Aernout Fabius explains more than simply BrExit and offers circumstantial evidence in accordance with research and life experience provided by our network and specialist KPIs ...

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090205 Radical economic and social reform

Offered as circumstantial evidence in accordance with research and life experience provided by our network and specialist KPIs ...

  52 days and counting  

BEING RESPONSIBLE and owing a duty of care

My journey did not start on 23rd June 2016, the date of the British binary referendum.

Nor did my journey start in September 1971, when I emigrated from the BeNeLux Union to Dunrobin School in Scotland and the United Kindom on my sixteenth birthday...

It is time to stand aside as an energetic worker in the vineyard and devote more time to education and continuing professional development of my nephews and nieces, and all the younger generations worldwide.

A simple objective in the service of the Lord God, who created the universe and trusts us implicitly, when we are His servants and decicated to the delivery of His truth.

German and Japanese view about BrExit

Aernout Fabius shares his knowledge and experience as a immigrant BeNeLux citizen and Tax Resident of the United Kingdom since 1971

Overseas Countries and Territories

The European Union has worked carefully with six EU member states

EU Overseas
Countries and Territories Association

The special territories of the European Union are 31 territories of EU member states which, for historical, geographical, or political reasons, enjoy special status within or outside the European Union. The special territories divided themselves in two categories: 9 Outermost Regions (OMR) that form part of the European Union, though they benefit from derogations from some EU laws due to their geographical remoteness from mainland Europe; and 22 Overseas Countries and Territories (OCT) that do not form part of the European Union, though they cooperate with the EU via the Overseas Countries and Territories Association.

The British Overseas Territories (BOTs) or United Kingdom Overseas Territories (UKOTs) are 14 territories under the jurisdiction and sovereignty of the United Kingdom. They are remnants of the British Empire that have not been granted independence or have voted to remain British territories. These territories do not form part of the United Kingdom and, with the exception of Gibraltar, are not part of the European Union. Most of the permanently inhabited territories are internally self-governing, with the UK retaining responsibility for defence and foreign relations. Three are inhabited only by a transitory population of military or scientific personnel. They all share the British monarch (Elizabeth II) as head of state.

The future of the UK

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Since the 23rd June 2016 BrExit has dominated the headlines in the United Kingdom and I blinked uncomfortably  because the real priorities are as much national as international. Artificial measures to cure the natural flow of trade and money are risky.

Economic cycles were seriously unsettled in the aftermath of the 2007/8 financial crises and may have been prolonged by quantative easing and a long spell of low interest rates.

During the 20th century there were  moments, when European legislators and law officers fell short of the mark, bearing in mind:

• The Polly Peck scandal
• Recurring finance/pension management scandals
• The Hillsborough incident compared with Heisel stadium
• A decline in Keynesian economic management principles
• Trouble at mill  - the mining industry
• The Grenfell Tower

The Irish Backstop explained

The Irish Backstop explained. Aernout Fabius shares his knowledge and experience as a immigrant BeNeLux citizen and Tax Resident of the United Kingdom since 1971.

Looking at the Anglo Irish troubles

Governing the UK

Offered as circumstantial evidence in accordance with research and life experience provided by our network and specialist KPIs ...

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Research to date suggest that Government functionality is seriously impaired by archaic methods and probable duplication of value..

Angela Merkel about BrExit

Aernout Fabius shares his knowledge and experience as a immigrant BeNeLux citizen and Tax Resident of the United Kingdom since 1971

Merkel about BrExit