….they took away the “good” Kennedy. Robert F. Kennedy. Bobby.
Robert Kennedy Was assisinated exactly 50 years ago today, on June 6 1968. And something died in all of us. I was four years old and the TV images from the killingnis one of my forst memories. My parents sitting quiet 8000 kilometers away from the murder, watching the news on TV. My mother crying. I remember her words, “they got him too”.
Bobby was the one carrying our hopes. The hopes of a new world, on his shoulders.
When I grew older I read about it and reaöized that Bobby Kennedy was the engine behind his tragedely lost older brother. He was on his way to become President of the United States and nobody will ever know what he could have achieved.
He was the one. The one with the brilliant mind and the ideas.
Bobby Kennedy once said;
“Some men see things as they are, and ask why. I dream of things that never were, and ask why not”
One of my favourite quotes of all times.
Read this brilliant article from Newsweek about Bobby,
WHEN ROBERT F. KENNEDY DIED 50 YEARS AGO, ‘SOMETHING DIED IN ALL OF US, BUT WE KEPT THE FAITH
Source: Newsweek
Today it is the National Day of my home country Sweden.
The Swedish National Day is a national public holiday observed in Sweden on June 6 every year.
Prior to 1983, the day was celebrated as the Swedish Flag Day. At that time, the day was renamed as the Swedish Natuonal Day by the Parliament.
I love my country.
Netherlands and EU warn businesses to use Brittish parts due to risks in relation to Rules of Origin
European governments are advising businesses not to use British parts in goods for export ahead of Brexit, Sky News has established.
In its advice rolled out to all Dutch businesses, the Dutch government has told its exporters that “if a large part of your product consists of parts from the UK” domestic exporters may lose free trade access under existing deals.
The advice says: “Brexit will have consequences for exports outside the EU.
“After Brexit, parts made in the UK no longer count towards this minimum production in the European Union.”
This is a reference to what are known as “rules of origin” and “local content” under international trade rules.
In order to qualify for EU free trade deals, a certain proportion, typically 55% of a product’s parts, needs to come from the EU.
The Dutch government says UK parts “no longer count towards EU origin” in its official “Brexit impact scan” advice to Dutch businesses.
That warning has also been underpinned by the EU’s own technical notice on this issue.
“As of withdrawal date, the UK becomes a third country. UK inputs are considered ‘non-originating’,” it says.
A leading car industry executive told Sky News that not using UK parts for EU exports would be a “catastrophe” for the British industry.
“The hard Brexiteers have built a bomb under the UK automotive industry and the EU have lit it,” said one chief executive.
Sky News has also heard of major UK automotive suppliers now ceasing UK supply of major components to cars for export to countries currently covered by EU Free Trade Areas – countries such as South Korea, South Africa and Canada.
Smaller companies are also being hit.
Andrew Varga of Seetru, a manufacturer of safety valves in Bristol, said that last autumn, many existing customers showed caution in taking UK parts into new models.
“There was an ‘oh my god moment’ last August. Our customers don’t have the infrastructure to manage UK certificates of origin,” he said.
The government hopes that an implementation phase will deal with the problem until the end of 2020, but that depends on the response by third countries to the EU asking them to keep the same rules.
The EU will not write to those countries until the withdrawal deal is signed.
Industry sources said that staying part of a customs union and the single market would eliminate this problem.
The Labour Party today backed a new amendment to the EU Withdrawal Bill supporting “full access” to the “internal market”.
Source: Sky News
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