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> Especially if the free trade and free movement agreements stay in place But isn't that what membership of the EU gives the UK today? So give up the membersh
by alphadevx 9y ago
> Especially if the free trade and free movement agreements stay in place
But isn't that what membership of the EU gives the UK today? So give up the membership, you give those up to. It's kind of the whole point of the EU.
- Radim 9y agoUnfortunately not. Not even close. EU is a political union -- it subsumed the European Economic Community and (partially) the Schengen Agreement and gradually added a lot of political centralization on top. Scary how people equate those, without understanding the (monstrous) difference.
- alphadevx 9y agoIf the EU is a political union, how come we don't have pan-European parties and elections yet? And a centralized budget? And common taxes? And common defense? I'm sorry but it is not even close to being a political union, unlike the USA for example.
- Radim 9y agoI'm not sure if you're being sarcastic (it's hard to tell on the internet), but just in case: All the things you list have either been already implemented in the EU, or their implementation is being actively discussed. The gradual loss of sovereignty (the so-called "salami method") is also what prompted many people to vote for Brexit. Not everyone was a knuckle-dragging racist.