Primary issue is end of tax free trading, border tariffs, etc., although I am sure an exit would involve the negotiation of separate agreements to more or less retain the status quo. But why?rajagainstthemachine wrote:What does the exit technically mean for the UK?
History suggests otherwise. The United Kingdom didn't join the EC (predecessor to the EU) until 1972. Other European countries banded together as early as 1951 (in the European Coal and Steel Community, the direct organizational ancestor of today's EU). For 21 years other European countries managed to run their club without the United Kingdom.x9200 wrote:Not sure if EU (as it is now) will survive without the UK any longer time perspective.
It is a very different situation right now to what was during the EC era. Currently the UK benefits IMHO mostly on the general/historical (political) ground - a membership for global stability. For the economy and the labour market, yes, that too but it may be still doable to maintain pretty much the status quo after the exit allowing much better control of the markets. In other words the result will be the UK, much more independent and not paying for all the bureaucracy and subsidies to the poorer EU countries (absent during the EC era) or other privileged labor groups. This may be pretty tempting perspective for other countries. I see EU mostly as a political construct and with the current turmoil, the refugee crises, nationalistic, right wing parties growing in power based on the common EU problems populism (fueling the Brexit too), it may be pretty destructive.BBCWatcher wrote:History suggests otherwise. The United Kingdom didn't join the EC (predecessor to the EU) until 1972. Other European countries banded together as early as 1951 (in the European Coal and Steel Community, the direct organizational ancestor of today's EU). For 21 years other European countries managed to run their club without the United Kingdom.x9200 wrote:Not sure if EU (as it is now) will survive without the UK any longer time perspective.
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