[x86x87]

Coulda woulda shoulda

They fucked around and now they are in the finding out phase. There is no way the EU will allow them to continue with their jackasseries. If you want back in apply like a new state and accept the shit conditions new members have to accept. You're not special. You're a shadow of a former great empire and your economy is collapsing. Immigrants? Those fools are actually keeping you afloat while you pretend they're the root of all your problems.

[dffdsa432]

It's quite naive that you don't think the EU is harmed significantly by Britain leaving. The EU would take Britain back in a heartbeat.

[BrandoElFollito]

France will never agree to the special rules the UK negotiated when they were part of the EU.

We also do not particularly keep the UK (politically speaking) close to our hearts. The Calais situation, pour contact for submarines passed to the UK (and US), etc.

Pour gouvernement is seen as weak when it comes to conflicts with the UK so politicians will need to take that into account as well.

[xk_id]

You seem to be making the same flawed assumption that the vast majority of british population does. The EU is not, and has never been, a project primarily driven by economic interests. It is a socio-political union, predicated on the fundamental principle of co-operation between different cultures, who regard each other as equals. But this will always be at odds with the unique superiority complex inherent in the culture of (mainly) white english people. This why UK never actually belonged in the EU and ended up causing endless friction; De Gaulle anticipated this and even blocked UK's membership several times. The reality is the EU was more relieved, than harmed by brexit.

[tim333]

The UK chipped in a big chunk of their budget, second to Germany. They'd probably like the money even if we are annoying.

[gumballindie]

Interesting. Why are the conditions to join the eu shit? What’s the purpose? And how does it correlate to a steady stream of convenient immigrants from within the eu towards other states within the union? And why is it always the same states that attract? During the brexit campaign no one asked why people are leaving. What causes such massive displacement of people within the eu?