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In reply to the discussion: If Britain leaves the EU [View all]davidn3600
(6,342 posts)32. The EU has been shooting themselves for awhile
At this point, breakup seems inevitable. Whether it happens now or years from now is the only question. The EU has a lot of cracks forming and it's beginning to be a struggle to hold it together.
And the reasons it's cracking is very evident and self-inflicted. Just look at how they've handled the migrant crisis. It's a disaster. That's the truth. It's a mess. And that's just one example. Look at the debt problems. Look at the terror problems. Look at the political strong-arming going on. The Euro has also lost a lot of strength. For awhile, some people thought it would replace the US Dollar as the "reserve currency." Not many think that anymore.
It's too much bureaucracy. Nothing is efficient. And nothing gets done.
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I do not think we should. They want to contribute to a non-unified Europe, they can pay the price
RB TexLa
Jun 2016
#7
That's like saying a friendship is beneficial only because of how old it is. We will survive a
RB TexLa
Jun 2016
#9
"As of 2014, 790,000 people born in Poland were estimated to be resident in the UK"
uppityperson
Jun 2016
#23
UK voters chose entry in the EU which stated ever closer union in its constitution preamble
Albertoo
Jun 2016
#28
What is the existing trade agreement between the US and the EU? TTIP is under negotiation but
pampango
Jun 2016
#38
EU is corporate run to slash wages and benefits by inducing emigration/immigration nt
msongs
Jun 2016
#2
The US 'should' treat them the same but the UK will find that their negotiating clout is diminshed
pampango
Jun 2016
#39
When two good friends divorce I don't see it as my role to take sides or punish one
Lee-Lee
Jun 2016
#43
So let me get this straight. You will not trade with a country that votes to leave the EU but
Bluenorthwest
Jun 2016
#46