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Hauliers on both sides of the Channel have reacted with dismay at the UK’s announcement to discontinue access rights for EU operators transiting between the UK and non-EU states.

This will further restrict the number of available drivers from next year, they say.

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  • Victor Jones

    October 06, 2021 at 2:52 pm

    Cuts both ways – I note they are not mentioning any lobbying the EU for reciprocal arrangements

    I suspect the reason is they will get nowhere in the protectionist racket that is the EU – the UK haulage sector has always played by the rules and has suffered as a result

    Same as in the fishing industry

  • Richard Lucas

    October 11, 2021 at 8:29 pm

    It’s not symmetrical at all.

    The UK needs EU logistics muscle far more than the EU needs UK drivers. There isn’t a chance the EU will make unilateral concessions. If Frost et al stuck to the agreements they signed up to, and Tory politicians condemned the harassment/ deportation of EU citizens on British borders, I suppose there might well be some EU willingness to make concessions, but so far there is little good will being generated.

    The Johnson government chose to end freedom of movement, now it is reaping the consequences. Other alternatives were on the offer from the EU.

    I’m writing from Poland, there are no shortages in the retail sector here.

    Johnson wanted “Have Cake, Eat Cake”

    He’s delivering “Want cake, No cake”

  • Victor Jones

    October 14, 2021 at 2:00 pm

    Good – this means less LHD EU trucks on the road and will mean more work and better rates for UK firms, safer roads and will largely put an end to the exploitation of EU-based drivers