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[–] 35 points 1 month ago (3 children)

I wish polls would ask these three questions to see how much they really want to rejoin the EU?

  1. Do you want to rejoin the EU?
  2. Are you willing to adopt the Euro?
  3. Are you in support of freedom of movement between countries? (I.e. the Schengen Zone)

My gut says people want to “roll it back” as in “go back to the sweetheart deal we had”, not realizing that option is long gone and the only option is to rejoin from scratch. I’d be curious what that type of support looks like.

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  • [–] 7 points 1 month ago

    Joining the euro isn't as big a deal as some people would have you believe. You just promise you will some day, then kick the can indefinitely.

    Iirc you have to agree to adopt the euro once you meet a particular set of criteria, so countries who don't want to join just make sure they don't meet the criteria.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 month ago

    Very true, Brits might be more sceptical about rejoining the EU if adopting the Euro were a condition.

    Also, freedom of movement is a slightly different thing to the Schengen Area. The UK previously had freedom of movement with the EU (allowing EU citizens to live and work in any EU country) but the UK was not in the Schengen Area (where border controls are minimised, allowing passport-free travel). Because the UK was not in the Schengen Area, a passport needed to be shown when moving between the UK and any Schengen country.

    Freedom of movement is definitely a condition of being in the EU. I don't know if the UK would be required to join the Schengen Area though. Ireland and Cyprus are two EU countries outside of the Schengen Area: Ireland apparently is not obliged to join it, but Cyprus is.

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  • [+] -28 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (3 children)
  • [–] 17 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    That’s a nice, racist dog whistle you fucking loser.

    Fuck off. You’re not welcome here.

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  • [+] -17 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)
  • [–] 16 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    I think what you're thinking of is a limited free trade agreement. The UK is free to pursue one of those. The UK would probably have to play by EU rules regarding things like product standards (with little say in what those rules are) but free trade without freedom of movement is absolutely doable.

    A military alliance is also no problem.

    Anything beyond that is going to be difficult, though. For countries joining the EU after it's inception, points 2 and 3 are hard requirements. The UK doesn't have much to offer that would justify giving it special treatment.

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  • [+] -15 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 child)
  • [–] 15 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    You can't be part of the club if you don't play by the rules. Sorry you don't like immigrants or whatever.

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