Is Britain about to leave the EU?

[Kyriakos]

Yes, or they will just yell "Well, don't let the door hit you on the way out, UK!" and live their lives without those annoying northeners which don't seem to ever stop complaining.

Well, when the UK leaves, the main countries are what they are de-facto now, ie Germany-France (and Italy). I don't think it can survive since it got to be a german satellites vs anything else game. And obviously i hope we soon leave it, although i suppose this will happen when the nice great war happens (but already after UK leaves things will be set for dissolution anyway).

And no, that is not wishful thinking. If i was in wishful thinking mode i would refer to east Germany being annexed only while Germany was an EU state, so following the dissolution it is an illegitimate state. Give it to Poland
Moreover set a muslim state in central Germany as well. Deus Vult.

 

[gay_Aleks]

The bloody <expletive>.

 

[Kyriakos]

^Need a key for that: Kleidion= greek for Key.

 

[Silurian]

@really
They are talking about adjusting the child benefit payments by relative rates of median income.

The bill that is being argued about is only about £30 million a year which is not really significant.
Diplomatic points are being wasted trying to change something that will give little benefit to the UK.

Not all migrants to the UK take up child benefit but I would imagine that with all the publicity more will apply. There will also be an incentive to move children to the UK. I would imagine that there would still be a net saving on the cost of child benefit after these two factors.

It is likely that these rules would also have to apply to UK citizens whose children are out of the UK. A friend went to Barcelona for five months when she was sixteen to learn Spanish. I don&#8217;t suppose her mother would have been please if she lost the child benefit.

 

[EnglishEdward]

Summit tonight.

The Irish cabinet are meeting this morning to discuss it.
We are one week from a general election here but the government is concerned about the situation of Irish people in the UK.

There is talk of linking child benefits to the rates in the home country - would the UK be happy paying the higher rates in Ireland.

A lot of us English are unclear why the UK should be
paying any tax credits to Irish children living in Eire.

But I suspect that it would be the lower of the two rates.

There will also be an incentive to move children to the UK.

Yes; and then the UK has to find housing and pay for education and NHS healthcare;
I really don't think that our PM, David Cameron, has properly thought things through.

 

[Arakhor]

Yes; and then the UK has to find housing and pay for education and NHS healthcare; I really don't think that our PM, David Cameron, has properly thought things through.

That sounds like an apt description of many recent Government policies.

 

[Mega Tsunami]

Blimey, this is embarrassing.
According to a Lord Ashcroft survey throughout the EU, it appears Europeans on the whole, quite like us.
Any more of this and I might have to vote to stay.

(Mind you, I suspect most Europeans understand it is Brussels we have the problem with, not them.)

Still, you have to question it – I get that Sweden is the most popular country in the EU – but Britain in second place? Shurely Shome Mishtake.

This bit is interesting, I thought:
From the Sun – We like our European neighbours; we’re happy to trade with them and work together on common problems when it suits us.
The EU itself we could take or leave.
But many Europeans see the EU as their passport to the west, or as a profound symbol of unity, and so have an emotional connection to it that most Brits just don’t share.
If we think of the EU as being like Costco, they see it more like a church.

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepag...Camerons-hand-in-run-up-to-crucial-talks.html

 

[Arakhor]

I wasn't aware that the Sun had softened its line on Europe recently. The Mail and Express certainly haven't.

 

[really]

A lot of us English are unclear why the UK should be
paying any tax credits to Irish children living in Eire.

Quid pro quo.

 

[Kyriakos]

If the UK leaves the EU (which it will) what will happen to all that moneygrab Tesco in Cesko?

(likewise for us and things like Ikea or Mediamarkt how that is spelled)

 

[HAND]

I'm voting to leave. It's not just about money, it's about being a sovereign nation that decides it's own laws and defines it's own destiny.
The UK should trade and cooperate with the EU where there is common ground, but we should not be in union with it.

 

[Cheetah]

Well, a compromise deal between UK and EU has been reached. Everyone claims to be (relatively) happy about the outcome.

Hard to find the details yet though, but at least:

- All EU countries will be allowed to adjust welfare benefits for children living in other countries. UK can start adjusting immediately, others not until 2020.
- UK got dispensation from the "continually further integration" of the EU.
- The "City" will be escaping some (all?) of the financial rules in the EU.

 

[Flying Pig]

My understanding was that the British government will be allowed to pass laws exempting the City from any future regulation - in other words, it's not assumed that they'll be exempt. The 'ever closer union' exemption is totally symbolic, but it's a symbol that seems quite important to the Eurosceptics, so can't imagine they were too upset to throw them that bone.

 

[REDY]

Hopefully will be now wave of requests from other countries and EU will become more free and functional.

 

[FriendlyFire]

Hopefully will be now wave of requests from other countries and EU will become more free and functional.

UK still has its own currency, other Eurozone countries will find it much harder, Greece for example needs some $500 Bil to transition back into the Drachmas

 

[REDY]

UK requests have nothing to do with eurozone. Honestly, it would be great if they would ask for solution of Greek bill and mass migration instead "problems"

 

[FriendlyFire]

UK requests have nothing to do with eurozone. Honestly, it would be great if they would ask for solution of Greek bill and mass migration instead "problems"

Half the the EU want to seal of Greece borders and tell Greece to Get out
The other half are seeking refugee camps in Greece
Either way Greece is screwed

I mean
Problem SOLVED

Greece threatens to veto Britain-EU deal if states close borders to refugees

The discussion surrounding the UK’s future in the European Union has collided dramatically with the migration crisis after Greece threatened to veto a new deal for Britain if other member states closed their borders to refugees.

On Friday, Austria introduced daily limits on the number of migrants entering the country, triggering fears of further border closures.

The suggestion threatened to throw the whole summit into confusion, not least because non-EU member state Macedonia, which shares a border with Greece, is not at the gathering. Central European countries – such as Poland, Hungary, Slovakia and the Czech Republic – have been lobbying to seal Macedonia’s border with northern Greece.

http://www.theguardian.com/world/20...ustria-daily-migrant-limit-eu-3bn-turkey-plan

 

[EnglishEdward]

UK Referendum on EU on Thursday 23 June 2016

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-politics-35601369

 

[EnglishEdward]

My understanding was that the British government will be allowed to pass laws exempting the City from any future regulation.

My understanding is that this means safeguarding the rights of the casino bankers to
gamble with our money, keep any winnings and transfer the losses back to the people.

One of the many reasons I will be voting to leave.

 

[Arakhor]

My understanding is that this means safeguarding the rights of the casino bankers to gamble with our money, keep any winnings and transfer the losses back to the people.

One of the many reasons I will be voting to leave.

How does that make any sense? You'll be voting to leave because the UK already allows bankers to play with the economy and pass on their debts to us?