Machina said:
maximrace said:
I think the EU is something fantastic and it made my live a lot more easy ( I travel much in Europe). And the euro didn't spawn chaos, it were the undisciplined countries that did. And that's why they want this rule, more discipline to avoid anything like this in the future. And If the Britains don't want that, it's too bad. This will certainly result in less power for the UK in Europe and that will cause a lot of problems in the future. The UK is going to be isolated if it keeps going on this course. And in this modern society based on globalisation being isolated is one of the worst things that can happen to your country. I think Britain ripped itself loose from Europe and it won't be good for them...
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Globalisation... lol. The EU is by its very nature an isolationist club. It's responded to globalisation by putting up trade barriers, placing tariffs on imports, subsidising uncompetitive industries that can't compete globally, and turning its back on free trade with rising economies that it feels threatened by. That's not globalisation, that's the protectionism of old world powers that has always hurt the UK economy.
And that's not even touching the surface of EU costs to the UK taxpayer - from being one of the largest net contributors, to CAP, to the destruction of our fishing industry, to the cost of EU regulations. The list is pretty extensive. No one honestly knows if we get value for money from the whole thing, because governments of all hue are completely signed up to the EU so daredn't publish an objective cost-benefit analysis of our membership. But the economics is just one aspect of the whole debate and not really the most important anyway.
Regardless, the sooner we leave the better. Unfortunately, I don't see it happening for quite some time.
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I question if you can leave. Afterall there is the "EU countries must deal with EU countries first" directives and the whole tax benefits that would suddenly make your EU exports rise.
