There is a lot of BS about setting an example and punishing them, but I have not seen anyone who actually knows how the process works say anything remotely like that.
It would also be a massive case of the EU cutting off it’s nose to spite it’s face. That’s just not how the EU rolls.
The normal process of joining has requirements geared towards poor peripheral countries that the UK already meets or exceeds.
The UK can join anytime it wishes and there is even a lot of room to negotiate mutually beneficial terms.
I do think it would be fair to require them to adopt the Euro this time around, for example. But even if that doesn’t happen as long as everyone is better with the UK in then it’s worth it.
It would feel fair, but it’s also not that important for either the EU or the Euro itself.
The Euro is really a 1990s invention, when cash was dominant. Now that all payments are digital, it really doesn’t matter if countries use the Euro or their own currency.
Any country joining the EU pledges to join the euro, but there are no deadlines defined and there is little animo to push countries to join, but technically it’s part of the deal.
I agree.
There is a lot of BS about setting an example and punishing them, but I have not seen anyone who actually knows how the process works say anything remotely like that.
It would also be a massive case of the EU cutting off it’s nose to spite it’s face. That’s just not how the EU rolls.
The normal process of joining has requirements geared towards poor peripheral countries that the UK already meets or exceeds.
The UK can join anytime it wishes and there is even a lot of room to negotiate mutually beneficial terms.
I do think it would be fair to require them to adopt the Euro this time around, for example. But even if that doesn’t happen as long as everyone is better with the UK in then it’s worth it.
It would feel fair, but it’s also not that important for either the EU or the Euro itself.
The Euro is really a 1990s invention, when cash was dominant. Now that all payments are digital, it really doesn’t matter if countries use the Euro or their own currency.
Any country joining the EU pledges to join the euro, but there are no deadlines defined and there is little animo to push countries to join, but technically it’s part of the deal.
you are aware you just gave THE best plea on why the EU should NOT think about letting UK back in, right?