Brexit Could Be Reversed - Here's How
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#3If the UK proves itself to be a partner that doesn't want special treatment like before, it sure can be welcomed back by the EU, and if anything it coming back will only strengthen the union by showing that leaving it was considered a mistake in the end.
But I still feel skeptical regarding Brits and British politicians actually being ready to accept the fact they're not special and that they will not have special treatment. I am pretty sure they'll want to pull a sneaky and try to sneak something in to calm down the Tories.
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#4If the UK proves itself to be a partner that doesn't want special treatment like before, it sure can be welcomed back by the EU, and if anything it coming back will only strengthen the union by showing that leaving it was considered a mistake in the end. But I still feel skeptical regarding Brits and British politicians actually being ready to accept the fact they're not special and that they will not have special tr…
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#5Hard to imagine Britain joining both the Euro and the Schengen zones. I just don’t see the British public not thinking they’re special and demanding exceptions and carve outs just for them.
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#6If the UK proves itself to be a partner that doesn't want special treatment like before, it sure can be welcomed back by the EU, and if anything it coming back will only strengthen the union by showing that leaving it was considered a mistake in the end. But I still feel skeptical regarding Brits and British politicians actually being ready to accept the fact they're not special and that they will not have special tr…
Well only even the most pious remainers would accept the Euro as a currency and removing fiscal sovereignty, so it's a total non-starter.
The special treatment for the old guard (German automotive, French farming industries) also needs to be expunged.
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#7Hard to imagine Britain joining both the Euro and the Schengen zones. I just don’t see the British public not thinking they’re special and demanding exceptions and carve outs just for them.
The currency is a hard no, even from hardent remainer quarters. The Euro and the ECB haven't even been a success for the EU as-is, a single fiscal policy cannot reconcile the economies of Germany and Greece. The hubris of the UK submitting to the Euro isn't pragmatic or in the realms of reality. Participation from the UK hardly changes things also, making it come across almost vindictive.
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#8Hard to imagine Britain joining both the Euro and the Schengen zones. I just don’t see the British public not thinking they’re special and demanding exceptions and carve outs just for them.
Yeah, the sentiment from the continental EU, even amongst the euro-skeptic, is that the British are playing both sides; they are European when it suits them, and non-European when it suits them.
I can’t imagine anyone would bend over backwards to accommodate the UK at this point.
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#9Please don't.
Things have been so much smoother in the EU since UK left. Their politicians had this idea that Europe was out to screw them in every deal and that made it a very annoying 30 years of "collaboration".
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#10remember: the FT have managed to mis-predict every single major UK political event relating to brexit:
- they'll vote remain
- they'll ignore the referendum result
- they won't invoke article 50
- the article 50 court case will prevent it being triggered
- we won't exit
- we'll stay in the single market
(though I suppose it's possible they may eventually get one right)