Exposé d'anglais: Débat politique / Policy debate

Sur le plateau Chloé P et Chloé M chroniqueuses quotidiennes du thème politique se présente et remercie de la fidélité des spectateurs et préviennent l'arrivée de deux politiciennes au cours du journal pour donner leur point de vue.

Elles abordent le sujet du jour: Brexit. Le journal télévisé est politiquement septique-Ouvert : contre/pour la sortie de UK de Euro.

Interaction entre les deux chroniqueuses qui débattent sur le sujet puis arrivée des deux politiciennes

Lien Chloé P:

http://www.theweek.co.uk/81116/brexit-to-cost-london-30000-jobs-and-16trn-worth-of-business

-Good morning Los Angeles, today we begin with the political part of the News

-Yes we will talk about the Brexit, a hot topic !

- This subject was more topical a few months ago but we have new informations and we should like to speak about important conséquences of the Brexit ! We’ll start with Lisa. The floor is now yours.

• Chloé P: According to the newspaper “The weekend” : "Business in this country is already feeling the pain of the economic upheaval of leaving Europe. There is no sign that this is likely to ease this year."
• Chloé M: The currency devaluation does not help, even less for the companies including Easyjet or John Lewis. Indeed, their costs increase because the pound sterling dropped.
• Chloé P: On February 3rd, the pound fell below $1,25 against the dollar according an economic survey which highlighted the consequences of the currency's slide since June. After an increase of close to $1.27 just a week earlier, sterling fell in response to warnings from the Bank of England. So, it’s unlikely that interest rates rise anytime soon.
• Chloé M : We can make a linkage between its companies in difficulty and the work in general that can change negatively after the exit of the European Union. Additionally, big business tended to be in favour of Britain staying in the EU because it makes it easier for them to move money, people and products around the world.
• Chloé P: Yes depending on our informations: more than two-thirds of executives said they had already taken action by presenting contingency plans. Moreover, one of ten executives taking action said they would move part or all of their business to locations outside of the UK, so it can be very bad because its economic situation can be upset. Firms are suffering from the European Union exit, that’s what is said by the(zi) executives of some Britain’s largest companies

• Chloé M : What are you basing yourself on to say that ?
• Chloé P: I refer to a survey of more than 100 senior executives by Ipsos Mori which found that 58 per cent,so more than half , felt Brexit was already having a negative effect on their businesses, despite strong economic data published in the past month.
• Chloé M : Hum.. and I am wondering what consequences this will have on the jobs ? Because in my opinion, a lot of works will be lost and much people unemployed..
• Chloé P : It’s estimated that 10,000(ten thousand) jobs will be moved to the continent by financial companies themselves, along with up to 20,000(twenty thousand) jobs in related professional services such as accountancy and the law. It’s not the end because TheCityUK predicts 70,000 job losses, while the London Stock Exchange forecasts 232,000(two hundred and thrity two thousand).
• Chloé M : The economic and social situation is unfavourable I’m shocked and it’s worrying. In addition, I learned that new laws could create barriers like the fact that persons originating in EU who wanted to work in the United Kingdom will have to take a visa and inversely. In my mind, this obligation would limit the access to skilled workers in professions where there are shortages.
• Chloé P: Speaking of barriers, I just want to say that global banks are worried about the loss of "passporting", which enables banks with a London base to trade freely without requiring a physical presence in the country they are passporting into or a banking licence. This “passport” which allows firms based in the UK to trade anywhere in Europe without needing any separate registration or banking licence will be probably lost unfortunately.
• Chloé M : Oh I just had a new information about the triple A! ( regarde le portable) In short I explain to you that it is. The triple A is a score given by a private agency to a country that shows capacity or not to pay its debts.However, if they leave the EU, there will a decrease of this triple A. Interests will be higher. This is because there is a forecast of a sharp slowdown in the country growth.
• Chloé P : I realize that the consequences can be devastating…Moreover  according to a survey, consumers are less confident about this borrowing rates(taux d’emprunt) which could slow the United Kingdom’s growth.

So the financial result could be a profound impact on the public finances which can be loose around £12bn a year for the Treasury. Leaving the world's largest single market would be a major blow to the UK economy.

• Chloé M :This may be the reason why the government would like to integrate all the European legislation in the British law in voting a draft law soon. For my part, I believe that they want to keep only good things of the EU. I’m no expert on this, but according to our informations, United Kingdom have an interest in staying in the European Union.

• Chloé P : Today, to speak more about this subject we’ll receive Ana Scoffield and Jane O'Connell !