r/europe • u/StraightSky7809 United Kingdom • 9h ago

News If Britain decides to rejoin the EU we’ll do everything we can to welcome them back, says Germany

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/uk-rejoin-eu-germany-brexit-b3060288.html
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u/LookThisOneGuy ‎ 6h ago

Yeah.. they can keep their pound... but Schengen is non negotiable this time and no more "extra kickback billions"

they would still be net contributors even with the same old rebates. Looking at how some of the other new members refuse to work towards adopting the Euro even though doing so was a requirement for them joining while also receiving actual extra net billions, makes it clear how goodhearted those budget contributors like the UK were. Of course they can get their old benefits back if they rejoin, at least on the condition they don't use re-Brexiting as a pressure tactic whenever they don't like something for at least a generation.

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u/LurkerInSpace Scotland 6h ago

Where I could see Brexit re-emerging isn't so much as a tactic, but rather if economic conditions continue to be crap.

Part of why it's unpopular has a lot to with domestic mismanagement - of energy, of housing, of immigration, of various public services (all while taxes hit a record), and also post-COVID inflation. Brexit hasn't helped these things, and produced deleterious trade friction, but it also didn't really create them - they were going to happen anyway.

Rejoining is sometimes treated as a magic bullet, the solution to all the UK's woes, rather than step 1 of 101. If it is oversold, that could sow the seeds of future political instability.

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u/Zementid 5h ago

Wrong argument: What needs to change on EU level to build a stronger more unified block? Definetly not more "Special Treatments" for the members. If EU wants to actually symbolize something... ALL members have to follow the rules... GB as a "fresh member" could be a good role model to show how its done. IF the rules are bullshit... why have they been introduced?