Anyone want to join an EEC?

[Luke Cropwalker]

It would appear to me that there is common ground with both Bremainers and Brexiters disliking the fact that the EU has become an economic and social union. My question is; If the EU reverted to being solely about assisting businesses to trade goods and services within the member states and worldwide would anyone vote to join?

 

[Henarar]

It would appear to me that there is common ground with both Bremainers and Brexiters disliking the fact that the EU has become an economic and social union. My question is; If the EU reverted to being solely about assisting businesses to trade goods and services within the member states and worldwide would anyone vote to join?

all depends on the mission statement, I think we should read the small print

 

[linga]

If that was one of the choices at the referendum the result would have been different

 

[jade35]

all depends on the mission statement, I think we should read the small print

and then reread it again with even more powerful magnifying glasses for the very, very small print.

But yes, it would be more acceptable

 

[Barleycorn]

They didn't show us the small print last time!

 

[Irish Bob]

If the choices had been:

In

Out

Go back to EEC pre Maastricht

I think go back to the EEC would have won by a long way.

But, what needs to be remembered is only 11 countries out of 28 make a net payment into the EU and of those only five pay in more that 1bn euros.

The U.K. Is the second largest contributor, has the second largest economy, the highest economic growth rate and the largest military.

Now Some failed Belgian politician called junker, who has been promoted far beyond his abilities, says we should be worried!

Junker needs to get ready to start passing the hat round. Greece is on the verge of another bail out. The French economy is in a mess. Rampant youth unemployment in Southern Europe, the list goes on.

Whatever you voted remember that this country has Great in Its name for a reason. Now is the time to put differences aside and pull together.

 

[spin cycle]

It would appear to me that there is common ground with both Bremainers and Brexiters disliking the fact that the EU has become an economic and social union. My question is; If the EU reverted to being solely about assisting businesses to trade goods and services within the member states and worldwide would anyone vote to join?

yes

 

[Still Farming]

Just call it -money for old rope club ?

 

[jade35]

If the choices had been:

In

Out

Go back to EEC pre Maastricht

I think go back to the EEC would have won by a long way.

But, what needs to be remembered is only 11 countries out of 28 make a net payment into the EU and of those only five pay in more that 1bn euros.

The U.K. Is the second largest contributor, has the second largest economy, the highest economic growth rate and the largest military.

Now Some failed Belgian politician called junker, who has been promoted far beyond his abilities, says we should be worried!

Junker needs to get ready to start passing the hat round. Greece is on the verge of another bail out. The French economy is in a mess. Rampant youth unemployment in Southern Europe, the list goes on.

Whatever you voted remember that this country has Great in Its name for a reason. Now is the time to put differences aside and pull together.

I looked up these statistics earlier - the difference between Germany and Greece / Spain (if accurate) is a disgrace. The Eurozone policy makers........ well, words fail me. How they can abandon a whole section of the population in those Eurozone countries and not expect long term repercussions
http://www.statista.com/statistics/266228/youth-unemployment-rate-in-eu-countries/

 

[holwellcourtfarm]

If the choices had been:

In

Out

Go back to EEC pre Maastricht

I think go back to the EEC would have won by a long way.

But, what needs to be remembered is only 11 countries out of 28 make a net payment into the EU and of those only five pay in more that 1bn euros.

The U.K. Is the second largest contributor, has the second largest economy, the highest economic growth rate and the largest military.

Now Some failed Belgian politician called junker, who has been promoted far beyond his abilities, says we should be worried!

Junker needs to get ready to start passing the hat round. Greece is on the verge of another bail out. The French economy is in a mess. Rampant youth unemployment in Southern Europe, the list goes on.

Whatever you voted remember that this country has Great in Its name for a reason. Now is the time to put differences aside and pull together.

But it seems that half or more of the voters would have said "wtf is Maastricht"?

 

[rob1]

I looked up these statistics earlier - the difference between Germany and Greece / Spain (if accurate) is a disgrace. The Eurozone policy makers........ well, words fail me. How they can abandon a whole section of the population in those Eurozone countries and not expect long term repercussions
http://www.statista.com/statistics/266228/youth-unemployment-rate-in-eu-countries/

When you live in an ivory tower and only mix with sycophants you dont look at what is going on outside and if you dont look you dont see and if you dont see you dont care

 

[bobk]

We need another preferably solvent country to come out, that will put a totally complexion on the situation.

 

[czechmate]

We need another preferably solvent country to come out, that will put a totally complexion on the situation.

Is there another so daft?

 

[bobk]

Is there another so daft?

f**kin hope so

 

[czechmate]

fudgein hope so

Not another wanting to "see the eu fall like a pack of cards" surely?

 

[bobk]

Not another wanting to "see the eu fall like a pack of cards" surely?

Absolutely not , a reality check .

 

[bobk]

If Doris and Nigella were so bothered about the 10 billion subs, just print it and pay in cash .... it's only paper .

 

[gone]

The UK have not been constructive members of the EU for nearly 40 years.
That is fine for a committed member but once you want to leave you will be asked to leave quickly.
A lot of the smaller countries will miss the UK as a buffer from the excesses of the Franco German axis, but for the last few years the UK have come totally inward looking and of very little use in the EU.
The way the UK have acted in the EU for the last few years no one would wish to join them in an EEC type new organisation.
I would have wished the UK had stayed in and committed it's future to the EU but the majority of the UK wanted out and therefore the UK is better off out and the EU is better off without a a UK that doesn't want to be there.
Hopefully the UK and the EU will now go from strength to strength and all the red tape Iinvolved in the UK leaving is sorted out quickly. A new era here in Ireland and hopefully the brexit doesn't stir up old tensions.

 

[Danllan]

The UK have not been constructive members of the EU for nearly 40 years.

You f**king what? I guess you mean apart from subsidising failed economies with many, many billions of our own 'unconstructive' money. Oh yes, I forgot the bail-outs too... ask yourself how much you owe the British taxpayer.

 

[gone]

You f**king what? I guess you mean apart from subsidising failed economies with many, many billions of our own 'unconstructive' money. Oh yes, I forgot the bail-outs too... ask yourself how much you owe the British taxpayer.

If the UK had paid reparations for the previous 800 years I might start to calculate how much ye still owe me for all my family members who died in the famines caused by the UK.
But that was not my point.
Ye paid your money but were never constructive.