Itâs interesting, because there is this feeling in most EU countries that the EU has been too generous to the UK in the deal reached by Cameron. Yet many people here think that the deal fell shortâŠ!
I donât knowâŠitâs a matter of perspective I guessâŠ? (But I do understand things from the other point of view though.)
Anyway, all of this reconsidering of whether to go, to stay, on what terms, ⊠gets annoying after some time. Iâm sure many people in England are fed up with scottish nationalists bringing up the independence issue once and again. Brexitâs not very different. I did lose interest long ago.
I think it is wrong in principle that Parliament is subordinate to an unelected, unaccountable organisation in another country. Our relationship with Europe should be purely a trading relationship, not an outrageously expensive, corrupt and undemocratic political union.
What exactly is the point of our Parliament if they have to seek permission from the EU to pass/amend laws?
I have to confess, I was alarmed to hear Michael Gove (currently in office as Justice Minister, for goodness sakes!) saying that the deal for staying in isnât even enforceable and could be reversed by the European Court!
(That does lead me to wonder whether Cameron isnât just taking the proverbial?)
We can still be friends if you want but it would be great to see you out at last. Iâd even say it would be the greatest achievement (the only one apart from peace?) of the EU in a long time.
This is the other side to British humour! Iâm pretty sure most Germans (for example) wouldnât âgetâ this kind of gentle self-mockery at all - but would rather see it as horrible self-aggrandising nationalismâŠ
The idea of a united Europe was born after two world wars. I think it is the only way to ensure the peace in the continent and the enhanced scepticism is very useful, in order to reduce the power of the bureaucracy in Brussels or the separatist tendencies of some political parties in all over the EU. The Union needs to proceed to the integration, because the experiment of a currency union in the 19th century proved that only the currency union cannot last. Britons are the most democratic citizens and could play a most significant role in this Union. If we donât defend our civilization, the Western Civilization, there is always the danger of the creation of the âGreat Caliphateâ with the headquarters in the Middle East until 2020. So, the integration and the unity of the EU remains one-way road, first of all for our survival.
Emmanuel Toddâs comments on the EU are interesting. He contends that âthe German Empireâ is going to control the world. European democracy has been destroyed by the efficient and strong German economy and the common currency of the EU. In the EU, some countries are more equal than the others. Only France could stop the trend, but the ruling class in France would not have the courage to do so. https://www.reddit.com/r/europe/comments/29zs91/emmanuel_todd_the_day_france_decides_the_game_is/
Emmanuel Todd, who is a grandson of Paul Nizan, thinks that the UK is in the process of exit from the EU. According to him, the UK belongs to the world that includes the US, Canada, and ex-colonies of the British Empire.
Doesnât matter either way. Banks run the country, the continent, and the world. Everyone else is just decoration and lip service.
Anyone about to dispute what i say, ask yourself what ânational debtâ is and how the so-called highest form of power in the country can be in debt to a business who demands payment from them.
Looking for the expression âlip serviceâ, which I found and it is a word [ in my language (Greek) the same meaning is into one word ], I found another interesting idiomatic expression, the âclout listâ, which is the main reason, according to my opinion, for the mess that weâve been living the recent decades even in the Western world!
Even without a powerful bank system this âclout listâ will remain a âcustomâ. We are so accustomed to accept this specific inequality that we donât understand that even in a disolved EU these âclout listsâ will be maintaining and all these âlistsâ will be continuing to define our life either within the capitalism or the socialism.
"Without Britain, it would be harder for the EU to pull its global weightâa big loss to the West in a troubled neighbourhood, from Russia through Syria to north Africa. "
âEurope would be poorer without Britainâs voice: more dominated by Germany; and, surely, less liberal, more protectionist and more inward-looking. Europeâs links to America would become more tenuous. Above all, the loss of its biggest military power and most significant foreign-policy actor would seriously weaken the EU in the world.â The real danger of Brexit
The writer of the article in The Economist thinks that if Britain exits, the EU will be âmore dominated by Germanyâ and âless liberal.â On the other hand, Emmanuel Todd, who is a self-proclaimed leftist, thinks that the EU is not a society but a jungle. According to this famous French scholar, the EU is already dead. The âemployersâ associationâ in Germany is controlling the EU, and what they are worrying about is the breakdown of the eurozone, which is a new name for the mark zone.