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Sure, we don't know how it will turn out. BUT: The EU has a big incentive to make the UK regret their referendum, as it is not in their interest that other cou
by ralfd 10y ago
Sure, we don't know how it will turn out.
BUT: The EU has a big incentive to make the UK regret their referendum, as it is not in their interest that other countries exit too. That prevents a favorable deal like for non-members Switzerland or Norway.
- protomyth 10y agoI read stuff like this an can only think of the EU as an abusive parent who punishes kids who leave. Perhaps the EU needs to do some introspection on itself.
- toomuchtodo 10y agoPoor analogy. If you have a tribe, and the tribe's survival depends on cohesion, its behooves you to exert force to maintain that cohesion.
- protomyth 10y agoI would say that is a worse analogy. Are people in Germany going to die because of the UK leaving? Or do you mean the government in Brussels? I think it is more the later than the former.