Why do people in the UK often pretend they're not in Europe?

[Lord Flashheart]

DeduS said:

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DeduS said:

NKAJ said:

Tallgeese101 said:
Oi guys, leave the French alone. The French (and many nations in the EU) are getting billions in subsidies and all they have to do is let the Germans have a little bit of control over their lives and sacrifice a bit of their national pride.

Better this way than encouraging them to go down their more traditional route to domination of Europe.

Germany coudnt take over europe even if they wanted to .They might have been strong in 1940 but those days are over.

Well... we could stop paying for this whole EU-bullshit - that would cause some trouble. :D

 

Actually it would be quite nice to invest in our own country again - the EU finances are fubar. The financial burden of the EU is unjustly shared.

 

@topic: I never felt the UK was so different from the rest of Europe - actually, mentality wise, I feel way closer to the UK than to France or Italy.

are you trying to say that germany pays for most of the eu??? if you do my friend then you need to do some research

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Budget_of_the_European_Union

 

and i agree with you im from england but the country i feel the closest to is germany having been there i have to say i love the place

Yes I do - kind of - according to your link we pay the most, but not for the most. The chart in your link at least seems fairer than it was before, but it contains estimated data. I was referring to the past and just assumed nothing had changed. ^^

But most of the data doesn't add up, so I don't know which to trust.

normally not a good policy but with the EU it's understandable.