Its a take.

You don’t like your current arrangements with the EU so you’re inclined to leave, and then reminded that if you ever join again we’re going to make the arrangements even worse and will drive even more tension. It will definitely make the union stronger.

The tone coming out of the EU and UK is more more collaborative and sounds more adult than the Junker years.

Ireland is not part of the schegen. “Islands are different”.

Its a problem where the ‘original’ goal is never really kept in mind with how things are available in the future. I’m sure when I looked at something “I’m going to use it for x” and then five years later “I’m going to use this for y”.

This drift exists especially in technology.

The motive isn’t to extract as much capital out of the customers as possible.