Current Affairs EU In or Out

In or Out

  • In

    Votes: 688 67.9%
  • Out

    Votes: 325 32.1%

  • Total voters
    1,013
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Here's a question if we were outside the EU now - would you want to join a polictical club where the German Banks are having to merge.. the italians are in meltdown - the Greeks have had their ports and antiquities put on hock by the EU the Eurozone is zilch growth , and it has two parliaments - would you pay 9 billion per year to join the club when others get trade deals free? then the other 7 billion they tell us how to spend it on sometimes useless projects like Cycle tracks etc....
We would be mad - oh wait we have a chance to leave all that.........
appreciate you listing out some of the reasons you want nothing to do with the EU.
They seem like valid concerns, but to me, they seem like issues that can be fixed. There is always going to be issues with blocks as big as the EU but I think the path of trying to fix it from the inside while reaping the benefits is far more fruitful than taking your ball and going home.
 
The European Commission (EC) has issued a stark warning of growing "uncertainty and numerous, interconnected risks" amid slower growth for the eurozone, with UK growth expected to stagnate and remain lower than any EU27 member state.

Figures released as part of the autumn 2018 European Economic Forecast reveal that UK growth is expected to fall from 1.3% in 2018 to 1.2% in 2019 and 2020.

Meanwhile, the average EU27 nation - the remaining EU member states after UK exits the bloc - have seen growth on average of 2.2% this year, with the EC forecasting this will slow to 2% and 1.9% in 2019 and 2020 respectively.

The fastest growth of the EU27 is expected from Ireland and Malta, with the former witnessing GDP growth of 7.8% this year, slowing to 4.5% and 3.8% in the following two years. Meanwhile, Malta has seen 2018 GDP growth of 5.4%, which is expected to fall to 4.9% and 4.4% in 2019 and 2020 respectively.

Outside of the UK, Italy, which has grown by just 1% in a 2018 rife with political turmoil, is expected to see growth of 1.2% and 1.3% in the following two years. Director general for economic and financial affairs Marco Buti said the EC expects GDP in the euro area to "decelerate in line with a further slowing momentum of foreign trade as the global economy has entered more choppy waters".


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Septic peg strikes again..

What's next week's winning lotto numbers??
 
The European Commission (EC) has issued a stark warning of growing "uncertainty and numerous, interconnected risks" amid slower growth for the eurozone, with UK growth expected to stagnate and remain lower than any EU27 member state.

Figures released as part of the autumn 2018 European Economic Forecast reveal that UK growth is expected to fall from 1.3% in 2018 to 1.2% in 2019 and 2020.

Meanwhile, the average EU27 nation - the remaining EU member states after UK exits the bloc - have seen growth on average of 2.2% this year, with the EC forecasting this will slow to 2% and 1.9% in 2019 and 2020 respectively.

The fastest growth of the EU27 is expected from Ireland and Malta, with the former witnessing GDP growth of 7.8% this year, slowing to 4.5% and 3.8% in the following two years. Meanwhile, Malta has seen 2018 GDP growth of 5.4%, which is expected to fall to 4.9% and 4.4% in 2019 and 2020 respectively.

Outside of the UK, Italy, which has grown by just 1% in a 2018 rife with political turmoil, is expected to see growth of 1.2% and 1.3% in the following two years. Director general for economic and financial affairs Marco Buti said the EC expects GDP in the euro area to "decelerate in line with a further slowing momentum of foreign trade as the global economy has entered more choppy waters".


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anyone can google a reason to say why the EU is the greatest , but in ten years it may break up .......
 
I will answer honestly mate. And the answer is that if we had traded quite happily, and had cordial terms with the EU as an independent nation for 45 years, then no, I would not want to join.
A free trade deal would do me as well a 39 billion one off payment should be enough oh wait there are stupid conditions attached to it greedy EU as always.....
 
No, anyone can google to instantly prove that you just make up stuff, like there being no growth in the Eurozone.

Which to confirm, in the likely event that you didn't even read it, was 7.8% in Ireland last year.
The Eurozone economy grew 0.3 percent on quarter in the three months to June 2018,
The UK recorded a trade surplus of £12.2 billion with Ireland in 2017. UK exports of goods and services to the Ireland were worth £34.0 billion (5.5% of all UK exports), while imports were worth £21.8 billion (3.4% of all UK exports). ... Northern Ireland's trade with the Republic of Ireland is particularly pronounced.
Exports to the Republic of Ireland made up 33% of Northern Ireland's goods exports in 2016—but only about 1.5% of the Republic's goods exports went to the North that year. This trade was worth over £4 billion.
 
The fact that you did so after admitting that you couldn't even be bothered reading my posts just says it all really.
I have no idea how much you've posted in the last 2 years and I've no idea how I'd even find your posts from that long ago unless you expect me to read through nearly 3000 pages of posts on here.
Anyway, it's pretty clear you believe you're right so any debate or education would be wasted on you.
 
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