Re: ECJ liberates UK from brexit dilemma
Originally Posted by
Uncle Joe
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Because the Dutch citizens would need to stump up more money to bridge the hole in the EU budgets left by the UK leaving.
Well UJ, for once I agree with you
It's been obvious for years, and certainly since 24th June 2016 that if and when the UK left the EU there would be a gaping hole in their finances
The last I saw was that the EU only has 4 net contributors, of which the UK is the second highest; in fact the UK's contribution is worth as much as the lowest 18 countries combined
This explains the intransigence of the EU, as it is obviously not in their interests to make it easy for the UK to leave because -
1) They will have to get that money from somewhere, hence their desperate demands for a divorce settlement of £39 billion, or whatever the current figure is, as a temporary measure to postpone that problem
2) They cannot afford to make it easy for the UK to leave, or for it to be successful when it does, since this would only encourage other member states to do the same