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I guess one big difference is that Northern Ireland would probably vote to join Ireland instead of just being independent from the UK. Not sure if that could im
by ivandenysov 3y ago
I guess one big difference is that Northern Ireland would probably vote to join Ireland instead of just being independent from the UK. Not sure if that could impact EU’s stance.
‘Getting’ new territories from a non-EU country sounds even worse than allowing a chunk of a member state to become an independent country.
- wkat4242 3y agoYeah almost nobody there wants independence. It's either joining Ireland or staying in the UK. Also if the UK permits the vote as part of the good Friday agreement the EU won't have an issue with it. Don't forget they also had no issue with the Scottish independence referendum when the UK was still in the EU. There was a bit of doubt whether an independent Scotland could join the EU however, which I believe was mostly why they voted to remain part of the UK (ironically due to the Brexit vote that came after they had to leave the EU anyway, they probably would have been able to stay in the EU if they had voted to leave the UK!) But if NI joins Ireland there won't be any issue from the EU side I think. The situation will be very different to Catalonia.