06-24-2016, 07:17 AM
(This post was last modified: 06-24-2016, 07:18 AM by Eric the Green.)
The Europeans can reform the EU to make it more democratic if they choose. The countries are democratic. Without Britain a voice for reform and for action on climate change is leaving. The union allowed for freer commerce and mutual support. Now Germany has a much bigger role in the EU. I don't think that will be too appealing to the other members.
I don't make a prediction right now about this; I don't remember predicting such a thing for this time. Certainly the EU is in danger now. The motivating factor, as I see reported, is not a rebellion against elites, but big business that doesn't want what are probably sensible regulations on them, and fear of immigrants through free movement within the EU, including fear of loss of national identity. These are not good and proper motives. It's more like British Trumpism.
England is going more right-wing. Cameron's big re-election already showed that, although "conservative" in Britain is more like a moderate-liberal in the USA. Scotland may well now separate from the UK, and rejoin the EU. If it does, it will have to adopt the Euro and adjust to the difference in currency across "Hadrian's Wall." The Scots are more liberal, meaning that they have much more sense about things, than the stuffy, proud and old-fashioned English-- the same folks who not long ago could not stand the thought of the Falkland Islands leaving their empire.
I don't make a prediction right now about this; I don't remember predicting such a thing for this time. Certainly the EU is in danger now. The motivating factor, as I see reported, is not a rebellion against elites, but big business that doesn't want what are probably sensible regulations on them, and fear of immigrants through free movement within the EU, including fear of loss of national identity. These are not good and proper motives. It's more like British Trumpism.
England is going more right-wing. Cameron's big re-election already showed that, although "conservative" in Britain is more like a moderate-liberal in the USA. Scotland may well now separate from the UK, and rejoin the EU. If it does, it will have to adopt the Euro and adjust to the difference in currency across "Hadrian's Wall." The Scots are more liberal, meaning that they have much more sense about things, than the stuffy, proud and old-fashioned English-- the same folks who not long ago could not stand the thought of the Falkland Islands leaving their empire.