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johndoez2
10y ago
The UK is a major market for EU countries, and Merkel understands this better than Juncker. This is not a case of English xenophones vs enlightened Europeans. Ask the average Greek person as to what they think about the EU. The UK has decid
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johndoez2
10y ago
This was a very close vote. It should have gone to Remain. But the culprit was the chancellor, who threatened people with a punishment budget. The English do not like to be blackmailed. I think this was very much a "F-U" vote. I
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johndoez2
10y ago
But they benefit massively from being in the Euro currency. Imagine how high the Deutschmark would be. The German exporting machine wouldn't be half as effective.