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> "Britain will not be a 'part of' Europe by law." Europe is a continent. A continent that existed before the European Steel and Coal Community started in 1951
by ZenoArrow 10y ago
> "Britain will not be a 'part of' Europe by law."
Europe is a continent. A continent that existed before the European Steel and Coal Community started in 1951. Britain is just as much a part of that continent as any other European country.
> "If you have to enter a country through a checkpoint as a foreigner, then you are not a member of that country."
If you get a work visa, it doesn't matter what type of passport you hold when you cross the border, the activity you'll be performing in the country will be same as before.
- JoeAltmaier 10y agoOk I guess we're all 'part of' planet earth too. Not a category that provides any meaningful utilitarian value. And I guess I'm making the point that a work visa works, until it doesn't. At the whim of the host country.
- ZenoArrow 10y ago> "Not a category that provides any meaningful utilitarian value." The point is membership of the EU is not what qualifies a country as European. Even if it's stating the obvious it's worth stating as some people seem to think being anti-EU is being anti-European. Furthermore, the EU is not the only pan-European organisation. Heard of the Council of Europe? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Council_of_Europe https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Council_of_Europe Or the OSCE? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organization_for_Security_and_Co-operation_in_Europe https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organization_for_Security_and_... Both are important pan-European institutions, and neither of them require their members to be members of the EU.