The Brexit Contagion: How France, Italy And The Netherlands Now Want Their Referendum Too

[Purveyor]

Voters in France, Italy and the Netherlands are demanding their own votes on European Union membership and the euro, as the continent faces a “contagion” of referendums.

EU leaders fear a string of copycat polls could tear the organisation apart, as leaders come under pressure to emulate David Cameron and hold votes.

It came as German business leaders handed a considerable boost to the Leave campaign by saying it would be “very, very foolish” to deny the UK a free trade deal after Brexit.

Markus Kerber, the head of the BDI, which represents German industry, said that 1970s-style trade barriers would result in job losses in Germany.

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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/06/23/the-brexit-contagion-how-france-italy-and-the-netherlands-now-wa/

[swhisper1]

1. Easy, reform and amend EU

[dubyadiprecession]

2. All they have to do is hold elections to exit the EU from their respective countries.

[tritsofme]

3. If the EU lacks democratic legitimacy, the experiment should end.

If people like and want what the EU provides, then referendum like this should pose no problems.

[pampango]

4. The far-right is ready to move. "European far right hails Britain's Brexit vote"

Front National leader Marine Le Pen says she is very happy ‘the British people held on and made the right choice’ to leave EU

Europe’s far-right parties hailed the UK’s vote to leave the European Union as a victory for their own anti-immigrant and anti-EU stance and vowed to push for similar referendums in their own countries.

France’s Front National (FN) saw it as a clear boost for Marine Le Pen’s presidential bid next year and momentum for the party’s anti-Europe and anti-immigration line.

The Dutch far-right and anti-immigration leader Geert Wilders called on Friday for a referendum on the Netherlands’ membership of the European Union.

In Germany, Beatrix von Storch, an MEP for rightwing populist party Alternative für Deutschland, who was recently expelled from the Tories’ party group in the European Parliament over her “shooting refugees” comments, welcomed the result.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jun/24/european-far-right-hails-britains-brexit-vote-marine-le-pen

[roamer65]

5. France, Italy and the Netherlands are Eurozone members.

Good luck. LOL.

When they gave up their national currencies, they made the renegotiation process nearly impossible.

The Brits made a smart decision ditching the ERM in 1992.