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On the other hand, countries which are dissatisfied may work hard to give the UK as good a deal as possible, knowing that it will set a precedent which might en
by cperciva 10y ago
On the other hand, countries which are dissatisfied may work hard to give the UK as good a deal as possible, knowing that it will set a precedent which might end up applying to them.
- yongjik 10y agoNon-UK politicians dissatisfied with the current state of EU, giving UK a better deal at the expense of their own country? Sounds rather unlikely... (Maybe they could sabotage their own negotiation and use that as a talking point against EU, but that's a risky gamble.)
- cperciva 10y agoYes, I'm talking about sabotaging the negotiations.
- jgranby 10y agoA nice thought, but I think that, in reality, those counties' leaders' overriding loyalty will be to staying in the EU. Look at David Cameron's stance throughout the run-up to the Brexit--he'd never have undermined the EU project to secure an advantage for Britain post-exit.
- bduerst 10y agoThat would possibly be true if most of the countries dissatisfied with the EU weren't the ones who are struggling economically.
- thomasahle 10y agoThe politicians in power are all in favor of the EU. Otherwise they'd probably have opted to leave themselves.