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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

Interesting news report this morning on television stating many other countries in the EU now want a referendum with regard to leaving same as UK

The main part of the report was from Italy but mentioned many other countries

Looks like we are not alone

Is the EU headed for further disaster and demolition should we desert a sinking ship, or stand strong like the captain of the ship and be last to drown (or first)

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By *rightonsteveMan
over a year ago

Brighton - even Hove!

That's not even a question. How about asking a non biased question? You might get a better quality of response even if is one where some answers are not what you want to hear. At least then, there could be an adult and mature considered debate.

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By *erbyDalesCplCouple
over a year ago

Derbyshire

"Is the EU headed for further disaster?"

No.

They just have a different way of doing things. They always appear to resolve differences in the end, after much careful negotiation.

Seems sensible to me, just imagine what we could achieve if our politicians worked together instead of the petty bickering we have now...

Mr ddc

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Watcha all gonna talk about once it's over ......

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

It won't be over - either way. The result will only be a step in a certain direction. All the issues raised won't be resolved. The losing side will be saying 'I told you so' for every single thing that goes wrong.

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By *otlovefun42Couple
over a year ago

Costa Blanca Spain...

"That's not even a question. How about asking a non biased question? You might get a better quality of response even if is one where some answers are not what you want to hear. At least then, there could be an adult and mature considered debate. "

Why on earth is it a biased question?

A news report has stated that other countries want a referendum and the OP has asked a perfectly reasonable question. Which I will answer shortly.

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By *rightonsteveMan
over a year ago

Brighton - even Hove!

Why on earth is it a biased question?

A news report has stated that other countries want a referendum and the OP has asked a perfectly reasonable question. Which I will answer shortly. "

It's not even a question. It's a statement. It's biased because he says 'further disaster' implying that the EU has been disastrous. Some may think it hasn't been, therefore presupposing that stance, makes the statement biased.

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Watcha all gonna talk about once it's over ......

The Good Life;

MV Agusta Motorcycles

Skydiving

Surfing

perhaps even some shooting & stalking

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

Why on earth is it a biased question?

A news report has stated that other countries want a referendum and the OP has asked a perfectly reasonable question. Which I will answer shortly.

_rightonsteve

think about your actions so far!!!!!

YOU are indeed the one debating

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By *adyboy-DaddyCouple
over a year ago

Andover

So down people on other countries also don't like being in the EU?

Wow, in other news, chicken lays egg.

Obviousley there wil be people on other countries with divided opinions on the EU.

Clearly not enough of them to push for a referendum yet though so your headline could just a easily "Majority of EU citizens perfectly happy in EU"

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"So down people on other countries also don't like being in the EU?

Wow, in other news, chicken lays egg.

Obviousley there wil be people on other countries with divided opinions on the EU.

Clearly not enough of them to push for a referendum yet though so your headline could just a easily "Majority of EU citizens perfectly happy in EU""

best you watch the news report before you comment shite

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By *rightonsteveMan
over a year ago

Brighton - even Hove!

Why on earth is it a biased question?

A news report has stated that other countries want a referendum and the OP has asked a perfectly reasonable question. Which I will answer shortly.

_rightonsteve

think about your actions so far!!!!!

YOU are indeed the one debating

Oh damn

I knew I should have stuck to ricicles this morning instead of toast.

I suppose it's a less dull statement to make than 'in/out'.

What ever happens, it will be interesting.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Watcha all gonna talk about once it's over ......

The Good Life;

MV Agusta Motorcycles

Skydiving

Surfing

perhaps even some shooting & stalking

Long ago before I discovered my inner femboy, I had a poster of a Motor Guzzi Le-mans on my bedroom wall.....and a picture of Felicity Kendal's arse......

But as time past I realised Penelope Keith was the real hottie and riding motor bikes gives you a sweaty crevice .....

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"So down people on other countries also don't like being in the EU?

Wow, in other news, chicken lays egg.

Obviousley there wil be people on other countries with divided opinions on the EU.

Clearly not enough of them to push for a referendum yet though so your headline could just a easily "Majority of EU citizens perfectly happy in EU""
i think the poll he refers to is the one where only poland has a majority in favour of the eu. The eu was set up as a tariff free zone. What it is now and if it's still relevant in today,s climate hasn't been touched on

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By *adyboy-DaddyCouple
over a year ago

Andover

"So down people on other countries also don't like being in the EU?

Wow, in other news, chicken lays egg.

Obviousley there wil be people on other countries with divided opinions on the EU.

Clearly not enough of them to push for a referendum yet though so your headline could just a easily "Majority of EU citizens perfectly happy in EU"

best you watch the news report before you comment shite"

So the majority of other countries in the EU are also having referendums are they?

No? Why is that then if you think the majority of people in other EU countries want out?

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By *otlovefun42Couple
over a year ago

Costa Blanca Spain...

Euro sceptism is on the rise all over Europe, but how many would actually vote to leave right now?

Of the whole 28 I would say very few. However there are a few notable ones who could just jump especially if Britain gives the lead.

In Austria a right wing anti EU candidate came within a whisker of(and some would say was cheated out of) becoming president. If given a vote they could quite easily go.

In the Scandinavian countries EU resentment is running very high and although Sweden will probably resist for a while, I wouldn't be at all surprised if Denmark and/or Finland demanded a referendum.

Germany? At the moment forget it but next September Merkel will be gone and the AFD are making headway there. A new CDU/CSU leader could well do a Cameron and promise something to try and neutralise them.

France? Again at the moment forget it, but a recent poll showed that around 50% of the electorate wanted a referendum. Should Marine Le Pen come close in (or even win) the next presidential election then all bets would be off.

The Benelux countries wont rock the boat. The EU is far too profitable for them. Ditto most of the former Warsaw pact countries.

Spain is an interesting one. I don't see them leaving the EU anytime soon but there is a general election later this month and all eyes will be on how well "Podemos" the new anti austerity party polls.

I didn't see the news report so I would guess that the OP is a bit more up to date than me but I do know there is a lot of disquiet in Italy and a fair amount of support for the Five Star Movement.

So finally Greece? It's anybody's guess really but let's see what happens after the next bailout payments become due next month. Funny thing is that the British result could well influence the negotiations between them and Merkel. Will the Greeks hold the referendum gun to Merkels head? Interesting for sure.

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"So down people on other countries also don't like being in the EU?

Wow, in other news, chicken lays egg.

Obviousley there wil be people on other countries with divided opinions on the EU.

Clearly not enough of them to push for a referendum yet though so your headline could just a easily "Majority of EU citizens perfectly happy in EU" i think the poll he refers to is the one where only poland has a majority in favour of the eu. The eu was set up as a tariff free zone. What it is now and if it's still relevant in today,s climate hasn't been touched on "

STV news this morning, report on many other countries with 60% or more requesting referendum, doesn't mean to say they will leave but doesn't say they will remain either, there is unrest in many EU countries and the one mainly being reported on is Italy, then goes on to mention other countries,

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"So down people on other countries also don't like being in the EU?

Wow, in other news, chicken lays egg.

Obviousley there wil be people on other countries with divided opinions on the EU.

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"So the majority of other countries in the EU are also having referendums are they?

No? Why is that then if you think the majority of people in other EU countries want out?"

don't shoot the messenger son

I never said the majority of other countries are having referendums

and you mention "No? Why is that then if you think the majority"

why are you implying "you" as in me; you need to choose your words better, I am commenting on this mornings news report, nothing more, nothing less

come on; up your game or start your own thread

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Is the EU headed for further disaster?

No.

They just have a different way of doing things. They always appear to resolve differences in the end, after much careful negotiation.

Seems sensible to me, just imagine what we could achieve if our politicians worked together instead of the petty bickering we have now...

Mr ddc"

Politicians working together? I'll ask my great great great great great grandchildren that one...I'll send a letter now... lol. They can't work together in their own parties without pulling the whip. It costs an absolute fortune holding EU together...its like running 10 more countries on top of the existing countries in Europe.

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By *olgateMan
over a year ago

on the road to nowhere in particular

Speaking to a client from Holland this week, he brought up the subject with me and claimed that if the UK vote to leave, the Dutch people will demand a referendum on leaving too

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"So down people on other countries also don't like being in the EU?

Wow, in other news, chicken lays egg.

Obviousley there wil be people on other countries with divided opinions on the EU.

They missed their chance didn't they. It's actually a very good model to look at. I hear so much crap about loosing out and how it will cost us to leave with contracts etc etc etc...hark back to when German and other fault to keep them in and PAID them to stay. Their debts were reduced.....can you imagine what pressures are being put upon our government to stay! We'd do very well to leave and reclaim control over our military, our boarders, our employment laws, our tribunals, our- just about everything....I have to wear black underwear which are made from European plastics now! I want my woolly one back

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Speaking to a client from Holland this week, he brought up the subject with me and claimed that if the UK vote to leave, the Dutch people will demand a referendum on leaving too"

I feel Brexit could trigger the eventual disintegration of the EU ....

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By *oncupiscentTonyMan
over a year ago

Kent

there is unrest in many EU countries and the one mainly being reported on is Italy, then goes on to mention other countries, "

Italy doesn't even want to be part of Italy

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By *otlovefun42Couple
over a year ago

Costa Blanca Spain...

there is unrest in many EU countries and the one mainly being reported on is Italy, then goes on to mention other countries,

Italy doesn't even want to be part of Italy "

LOL

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By *eccymanMan
over a year ago

Gateshead

I don't really care about what other countries do. I just want us out of the EU. If the European social experiment collapses in on itself I'd much rather we were safely in a lifeboat as the sinking ship goes down.

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By *otlovefun42Couple
over a year ago

Costa Blanca Spain...

"Speaking to a client from Holland this week, he brought up the subject with me and claimed that if the UK vote to leave, the Dutch people will demand a referendum on leaving too

I feel Brexit could trigger the eventual disintegration of the EU ....

The trigger maybe, but the gun is already loaded and sooner or later someone will fire it.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"So down people on other countries also don't like being in the EU?

Wow, in other news, chicken lays egg.

Obviousley there wil be people on other countries with divided opinions on the EU.

Clearly not enough of them to push for a referendum yet though so your headline could just a easily "Majority of EU citizens perfectly happy in EU"

best you watch the news report before you comment shite

So the majority of other countries in the EU are also having referendums are they?

No? Why is that then if you think the majority of people in other EU countries want out?"

Because their government aren't prepared to give them the option. Regardless of if their is or isn't a "majority" wanting one (I haven't seen any figures one way or another). I'm not saying anything either way on that...but it is a fact that a population cannot call a referendum. Only a government can....as Cameron did because of his fear of UKIP. But at least he kept his promise on this...unlike Brown who promised a referendum before signing any further treaties...then promptly signed the Lisbon treaty without giving us one...

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By *otlovefun42Couple
over a year ago

Costa Blanca Spain...

"So down people on other countries also don't like being in the EU?

Wow, in other news, chicken lays egg.

Obviousley there wil be people on other countries with divided opinions on the EU.

Clearly not enough of them to push for a referendum yet though so your headline could just a easily "Majority of EU citizens perfectly happy in EU"

best you watch the news report before you comment shite

So the majority of other countries in the EU are also having referendums are they?

No? Why is that then if you think the majority of people in other EU countries want out?

You have hit the nail on the head with that.

The politicians can say anything today in the full knowledge that they wont have to deliver on it.

Cameron could, for example, say "no more treaties without a referendum' or "I will never let Britain join the Euro" or "I will never sign Schengen" but he knows damn well that he wont be PM when the time comes to deliver.

Any future PM does not have to stand by Cameron's promises.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Speaking to a client from Holland this week, he brought up the subject with me and claimed that if the UK vote to leave, the Dutch people will demand a referendum on leaving too

I feel Brexit could trigger the eventual disintegration of the EU ....

The trigger maybe, but the gun is already loaded and sooner or later someone will fire it."

I'd agree the gun is loaded although I suspect there are only a handful of countries whose lone departure would cause a knock-on effect...

Germany , France, Briton, and perhaps Holland......

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By *entaur_UKMan
over a year ago

Cannock

"So down people on other countries also don't like being in the EU?

Wow, in other news, chicken lays egg.

Obviousley there wil be people on other countries with divided opinions on the EU.

A tariff free zone for which we have to pay billions in EU membership fees to access the single market. By definition then it's not exactly free is it.

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By *enard ArgenteMan
over a year ago

London and France

It's not " other countries want to leave" it's is " some people in other countries"

In fact if you look at the groups promoting this; it is by and large the right wing/ ultra right wing / nationalist political-parties that are saying it; eg Marine lePen and the Front Nationale in France, and so on....

Polling shows interest in leaving amongst the populations; but when analysed, it is mostly dissatisfaction with incumbent governments that gives rise to it

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By *otlovefun42Couple
over a year ago

Costa Blanca Spain...

"It's not " other countries want to leave" it's is " some people in other countries"

Polling shows interest in leaving amongst the populations; but when analysed, it is mostly dissatisfaction with incumbent governments that gives rise to it

To a certain extent yes. It is mainly right wing (but not always "ultra" or "far" as some people like to paint them) party's that are eurosceptic, but what you have to look at is how much support they are getting, quite often from people that would not usually go in that direction.

Like her or not, Marine Le Pen has huge support in France and it was only a stitch up by the other party's that stopped her making considerable gains in the last regional elections.

As I said in my earlier post, Austria came within a whisker of electing a right wing eurosceptic president only a few weeks ago.

I would agree that in some countries the eurosceptic party's are small and some of the dissatisfaction is aimed at national governments.

However ignoring it and carrying on regardless, as Brussels seems keen to do, is really playing the Ostrich, and when you bury your head so deep in the sand your arse is there to be bitten.

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