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?
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.
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?
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.