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Ben Habib

Ben Habib is a British politician and businessman. He was elected as a Brexit Party Member of the European Parliament (MEP) in the 2019 European parliamentary election. He remained in the role until the United Kingdom’s withdrawal from the EU. Benyamin Naeem Habib is the chief executive of First Property Group plc, a commercial property...

COVID-19: The Death Knell of the EU?

Ben Habib European Union Comment and Analysis Euro and Economy Financial Services Trade Alternatives to the EU Thursday, 19 March 2020

If I had to attribute my entry onto the political stage to any individuals, it would be Mark Carney, George Osborne and Theresa May. Not because I was inspired by any of them but as a result, in the case Mrs. May, of her total ineptitude over Brexit and, in the case of the first two, the inordinate amount of nonsense they spouted in the run-up to a...

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Ben Habib: The Brexit Barometer

Ben Habib European Union Comment and Analysis Immigration Euro and Economy Foreign Affairs Fishing Democracy Financial Services Trade Defence Alternatives to the EU Renegotiation Friday, 13 March 2020

I would like to share with you the speech and presentation I made at The Bruges Group annual conference in London on the 7th March. Whilst the UK officially left the EU on 31 January, it remains in its Single Market [paying some £1 billion (net) a month], its Customs Union and subject to the supremacy of the Court of Justice of the EU (CJ...