beorhthelm
A. Virgo, Football Genius
- Jul 21, 2003
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But this was always going to be the case. It is like private companies who make it hard to leave and paying off mortgages early. It is absolutely NOT in the eu interest for us to leave and succeed because then others might have same idea.
always found this a argument an admission of unpopularity of the EU within the member states. its quite possible to have a free trade area and even some customs union (more complications) without the march towards centralisation of legislation, judiciary and financial control. a local or even national business, say a plumber, insurer or high street retailer, should not need to adhere to central legislation on the pretense of single market harmonisation, when they do not come into competition with counterparts in other nations. but the single market isnt the end itself, it is all a means to the goal of a united european state, as Juncker reminded us last night.