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I understand that there are lots of pro-EU people in the UK, and I also accept respectful and factual critique of the EU, also from leavers, as long as it is ba
by gonvaled 10y ago
I understand that there are lots of pro-EU people in the UK, and I also accept respectful and factual critique of the EU, also from leavers, as long as it is balanced and reported truthfully. The EU is definitely not perfect.
And I think, in all, the EU is losing big with the UK's decision to leave, but we need to move on, otherwise the current political climate can bring about the demise of the EU. There are also good side-effects of the UK leaving, namely the possibility to proceed with political integration without being continuously blocked.
In this context, I think there is little the EU can do to support remainers, even though we are really saddened by their impossible situation. One of the suggested ideas, to give EU citizenship to those UK citizens that request it, sounds very good on paper but I think is very difficult to implement in practice, for two reasons:
- how do you give rights to people who are not invested in the project? I am 100% in favor of giving EU-citizenship, and voting rights, to all persons living in EU countries, but not in countries outside the EU, otherwise what is the point?
- do we really want to give rabid eurosceptics a say on the future of the EU? People whose explicit goal is to work towards the destruction of the EU. Should Trump vote too?