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Europe seems to be hell-bent on committing suicide, economically. Brits can consider themselves lucky, to abandon this sinking ship just in time :)
by 988747 4y ago
Europe seems to be hell-bent on committing suicide, economically. Brits can consider themselves lucky, to abandon this sinking ship just in time :)
- arcticbull 4y agoLuckily folks are starting to realize that's not the case. [1] > Centre for European Reform figures show that by the end of last year, the economy was 5% - or £31 billion - smaller than it would have been if the UK had stayed in the EU. [2] [1] https://www.cnbc.com/2022/11/23/brits-are-starting-to-think-again-about-brexit-as-the-economy-slides-into-recession.html https://www.cnbc.com/2022/11/23/brits-are-starting-to-think-... [2] https://www.itv.com/news/2022-06-09/brexit-cost-the-uk-billions-in-lost-trade-and-tax-revenues-research-finds https://www.itv.com/news/2022-06-09/brexit-cost-the-uk-billi...
- FpUser 4y agoFor whatever reasons including energy prices they're not doing particularly great either.
- spookie 4y agoI wonder whose businesses aren't going to be up to snuff, and how much local economies are going to earn from this. Really makes one think if it is indeed suicide...
- Animatronio 4y agoYup, the EU aims to become irrelevant economically, not only politically & militarily. Probably to be a smaller target?
- owisd 4y agoThe UK replaced the EU-ETS with an identical scheme : https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/participating-in-the-uk-ets/participating-in-the-uk-ets https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/participating-in-...
- isthispermanent 4y agoCalifornia has one as well. It's not nearly as tight as Europe's but they want to get to that point in the next few years.
- Proven 4y ago