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The EU is made up of two types of countries: small nations, and countries that have not yet realized they are small nations. The UK simply has much less leverag
by CleaningWithMud 6y ago
The EU is made up of two types of countries: small nations, and countries that have not yet realized they are small nations. The UK simply has much less leverage in these negotiations than does the EU, and EU will not reward the UK for leaving the common market.
- sk0g 6y agoGermany, France, Spain etc are small nations? What's the criteria for one then?
- majewsky 6y agoGermany on its own would not be on on equal footing when negotiation trade agreements with the likes of China, the US or Russia. The EU is.
- 317070 6y agoGermany has more than twice the GDP of Russia. They could reasonably handle themselves. US and China are considerably larger however.
- golemiprague 6y agoGermany like Japan and Korea might be because although they don't have the population they are punching above their weight but any other European country is indeed too small and insignificant. I still think Brexit is a good idea, the UK got the commonwealth and the US, speaking the same language is a powerful parameters when it comes to relations between countries so it is not the same thing as if Italy or France have left. Spain has latin America but the overall value of the Spanish speaking world is smaller than the English one. Not to mention all the other benefits you gain by running your own country without intervention from some entity that nobody really elected or understand what they do.