General / Off-Topic The United Kingdom "close to the exit " ?

[Patrick_68000]

Last time they had a vote on the EU constitution It was a farce that the EU cancelled and ignored after only a hand full of countries had their results in.

Holland voted 62% No France voted 55% No, Ireland voted no, the EU told them they had the wrong answer. Try again with the right answer.

It is not surprising that after in France there is 56% of abstention and 25% for the National Front in the last European elections, for the deputies

 

[Darren Grey]

UK would do better joining up with countries that share the same fundamental principles. USA, Canada, Australia etc and form their own trading alliance that spans Europe and Asia.

This is pretty much what the EU itself is doing. The EU as a whole has a lot more clout to establish trading agreements with US and Asia than the UK has on its own.

 

[Andrew Sayers]

On the subject of the Euro, the argument in Britain has been pretty simple in recent years - the Spanish ran their economy at least as well as we did before the financial crisis, and yet we've come out ahead of them because we've been able to take far more drastic measures with the pound.

 

[Darren Grey]

On the subject of the Euro, the argument in Britain has been pretty simple in recent years - the Spanish ran their economy at least as well as we did before the financial crisis, and yet we've come out ahead of them because we've been able to take far more drastic measures with the pound.

I'm always rather wary of simple arguments covering multi-year political, economic and social issues of whole nations

 

[Rog]

This is pretty much what the EU itself is doing. The EU as a whole has a lot more clout to establish trading agreements with US and Asia than the UK has on its own.

But of course the EU imposes artificial restrictions on UK trade with the rest of the world. If people want to buy UK goods they will, if they want to sell us stuff they will with or without the EU. The EU just imposes extra tax barriers to trade as far as the UK is concerned.

 

[Andrew Sayers]

In France this eventual accession is not well seen

Do you mean the French people don't expect Turkey to accede, or would prefer it not to? Either way, what's the reasoning?

 

[Patrick_68000]

Do you mean the French people don't expect Turkey to accede, or would prefer it not to? Either way, what's the reasoning?

The French, for the majority does not want the Turks in Europe, it is clear