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Re:Brexit Deal Fails in Parliament by OscarCunningham on Tuesday January 15, 2019 @04:09PM (#18915315)
> It's hard to understand why Germany or France, who stand to gain from excluding the powerful UK service sector from the EU financial markets

No they don't. Germany and France contain consumers of services as well as providers.

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Re:Brexit Deal Fails in Parliament by notahacker on Tuesday January 15, 2019 @04:20PM (#18915447)
Consumers of services for the most part couldn't care less whether the back end of their trades is carried out by the London, Paris or Frankfurt offices of HSBC or Deutsche Bank.

On the other hand, it's a nice little boost to French or German politicians to be able to talk about financial services industry growth and have a bit more tax revenue to play with.

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Re:Brexit Deal Fails in Parliament by jpster on Tuesday January 15, 2019 @09:49PM (#18917878)
I concur. One only need look within the number of companies who have opted to move offices to the Continent.
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