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What Now For The Eu ?
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With the UK firmly out of the EU, will other member countries follow our lead and hold votes to leave, and if they do could this signal the breakup of the EU ?
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.I imagine the countries ( apart from Germany ) which pay in the most will be the ones where the population is keenest to have a referendum. Those countries which take out the most will be the ones most reluctant to see a break-up. But I gather many French, Dutch and Italians like the idea of leaving.
There will be (probably already are) calls for referendums but whether sufficient pressure can be applied in each individual country we can only wait and see. Were I in their shoes I'd be tempted to see how the UK got on first. Let them be the guinea pig. The EU hierarchy have a problem though. Be seen being awkward and trying to punish a member who has resigned and the other members may well think that they need to get out from EU influence too. Be decent and help make the resignation as painless as possible and the other countries might think, "That looks a good deal for us too." Or one can be sneaky and try to mess things up whilst trying to look innocent, like pushing for a rush job in the hope it will worry the markets further and encourage poor decisions. Things like that.
The EU is structurally and institutionally broken (that is, if it was ever fit for purpose in the first place, since its formation in 1992). The Euromaniacs have suppressed the will of the people across the continent for the last twenty years by various means. They refuse to acknowledge their fundamental problems and this greatly contributes to their inability to deal with them. They still will not do so and the only option for countries unwilling to remain in a corrupt, broken, inept and unsuitable organisation is to leave. However, I have grave doubts that the national politicians of the other countries whose electorates express a desire to leave will be granted a vote. They have seen what happened here.
Dunnitall, I have no idea where you got the idea that I hate the English. You couldn't be further from the truth. However, I am a Scot from a proud nation and feel that after 300 years it is now time that we take control of our own affairs once more. We in Scotland have too much to lose by leaving the EU although our fishermen and farmers might argue differently. All 32 constituencies in Scotland voted to remain yet we may be forced to leave. Is this fair?