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I wonder if Britain's exit is really as big a deal as everyone is making it out to be. My pretty much working class family in Germany has made frequent use of o
by mevile 10y ago
I wonder if Britain's exit is really as big a deal as everyone is making it out to be. My pretty much working class family in Germany has made frequent use of open borders in the Eurozone, traveling to Spain and France several times in their lives. I wonder how much that would be true for generally working class British people. Do they go to Disneyland in Paris? Do they travel to music festivals in other European countries? My siblings do this in a car for cheap in the way that a young person in the US might travel to another state to go to a concert.
On top of that is that the UK has had a different currency whereas in the rest of the Eurozone everyone uses the same currency. It's so easy to go to Belgium and just use whatever's already in your wallet. Like a country like France or Germany or Sweden leaving the Euro would be a much much bigger deal than Britain, which I don't think really integrated as well with everyday people as they do on the continent.
I'm not saying it is not a step back, but I doubt it will be the end of the west as global leaders some people are portraying this.
- raverbashing 10y ago> My siblings do this in a car for cheap Ryanair and other low cost flights are cheap. And gas is expensive in Europe Some do travel, but I guess they enjoy it less. Because they, for the most part, only speak English > On top of that is that the UK has had a different currency Which they chose not to change when the Euro came (and I'm actually with them here, and it's really not a big deal, especially with debit and credit cards of today)
- smcgivern 10y agoSweden isn't in the Euro. The EU, yes, but they still use Swedish krona. Do you think the Swedes aren't as integrated?
- ronnier 10y ago> I wonder if Britain's exit is really as big a deal as everyone is making it out to be. Y2K, bird flu, Swine flu, SARS, Heterosexual AIDS, the hole in the ozone, over population, acid rain, mad cow, global cooling, global warming, Ebola, Zika virus... Probably not.
- alistairSH 10y agoVacation travel (Disney Paris) is generally subject to a much more relaxed set of regulations, EU or no EU. Permanent (or semi-permanent) relocation for work is what's potentially at risk with the Brexit.
- Bromskloss 10y agoSurely, you could vacation easily in other countries also before the EU? I know we Swedes could. Btw, Great Britain is not the only country in the EU that does not use Euros. Sweden doesn't, for example.