• Quacksalber@sh.itjust.works
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    As an EU citizen, I’m in favor of the UK rejoining, but only when they are ready for a long-term political commitment to the EU. We don’t need a second Hungary or Poland under PiSs, where the, are constantly undermining the EU.

  • WIZARD POPE💫@lemmy.world
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    I’ve already said this before.

    No more special privileges, the pound goes, you do everything like the other countries that wanted to join.

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    The fuck we do. They need to get rid of their stupid first past the post crap. If they do introduce a wealth tax, then maybe.

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    Honestly, should there be a condition on this? Like perhaps, the UK is only allowed to rejoin if a referendum is approved by a supermajority of the population? Really. What’s to stop the UK from see-sawing again and starting this whole mess all over again? The surest way to prevent that is to require a referendum with 2/3 majority approval. This ensures that EU membership is popular, and thus likely to be more durable. It is hard to get a 2/3 majority on anything.

    Or perhaps some other mechanism could be proposed. How do you avoid the risk of the UK just doing this all over again?

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      There are already conditions. They used to have special privileges and carve-outs in the EU. If they rejoin they will have to do so as a regular member.