• Neato
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    524 months ago

    Actually I’m unsure the EU would allow the UK to rejoin without hefty consequences. It would set a bad precedent.

    • Pleb
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      414 months ago

      I’m sure they would be allowed back in, why not? But I doubt they’d get all their special treatements back.

      • Toes♀
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        104 months ago

        Any of the EU nations I believe have veto authority on adding new members. And there’s a lot of hate for the UK.

        • @WallEx@feddit.de
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          214 months ago

          Really? Here in Germany I only ever heard that its stupid the UK left, but that’s basically it. Didn’t notice any hate.

          • @lolcatnip@reddthat.com
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            104 months ago

            From the outside (the US in my case) it looks like there’s a lot of hate, but maybe it’s just some well deserved schadenfreude. Everyone loves to laugh at Brexit voters.

            • TheMurphy
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              134 months ago

              I wouldn’t call it hate by any means. We more feel sorry for them. Even though over 50% did it to themselves.

              • Mkengine
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                4 months ago

                65.24% of the eligible voters to be exact, if you add the eligible voters who did not vote in the referendum to the leave voters [1].

            • @hemko@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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              104 months ago

              It’s more like we’re having fun on them for being dumb ass bitches, but we still don’t want bad to happen to them.

              Imagine your dumbass cousin you grew up with, who constantly does stupid shit like fucks a toaster

    • @TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world
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      4 months ago

      I’m not so sure. The UK was a big contributor to the EU, not just monetarily, but it also gave the EU more soft power.

      It was only Germany that contributed more, and in fairness, Germany also benefits more from the EU as well, although much of that is purely that Germany already had a healthy industrial sector, a central Europe location, and better transport links to other EU nations.

      The UK and EU both lost out due to Brexit. And to think it all happened because of a stupid political gamble by Cameron. Infuriating.

      And besides, I think it’d set a good precedent for the EU - look, even a country as wealthy and well-connected as the UK left then decided it was a terrible idea. Clearly it must be good to be in the EU! That’s one hell of a boast.

      That said, geopolitics is geopolitics. Various countries would be trying to carve out any little advantage they can get.

    • @Pringles@lemm.ee
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      44 months ago

      You absolutely would, but not on the same terms as before. Those special privileges Thatcher negotiated are gone forever.