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Nobody is against the EU except far-right political partys and their supporters. edit: so far left, too, sorry!
by ju-st 11y ago
Nobody is against the EU except far-right political partys and their supporters. edit: so far left, too, sorry!
- touzen 11y agoThat's not entirely true though. There are a lot of leftists who oppose the EU because they believe it is to neoliberal, prioritizing the protecting of businesses rather than the interests of the people. At least that's the case here in Sweden, and I'd be surprised if we were unique in this aspect.
- st0p 11y agoOver here in the Netherlands, that is not true. The SP (Socialist Party) is on the left end of the political spectrum and is pretty anti EU.
- varjag 11y agoPolitical fringes of all colors are against EU by necessity. Their ideas and principles can't blossom otherwise.
- gaius 11y agoIn British politics the need to leave the EU ASAP unites both left and right. I personally want out because of the Double Irish and the Dutch Sandwich. "Racist!" is the only argument the self-serving pro-EU movement have left, and no-one pays any attention to that word anymore. The future of the UK lies where it always has, with the Commonwealth.
- sien 11y agoThe leader of the British Labour Party, Jeremy Corbyn is a Euro-Skeptic https://theconversation.com/with-or-without-eu-jeremy-corbyn-and-the-re-emergence-of-left-wing-euroscepticism-46626 https://theconversation.com/with-or-without-eu-jeremy-corbyn...