• Obelix@feddit.org
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    14
    ·
    17 hours ago

    Why shouldn’t it work? The EU is open for new members. As a recent EU member, UK should fulfill all requirements for membership. If the UK gov wants, they can apply for membership and that should be relatively quick

    • jmcs@discuss.tchncs.de
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      10
      arrow-down
      2
      ·
      15 hours ago

      One of the requirements is a unanimous invitation by the countries already in the EU. Countries that remember the circus it was every time anything had to be approved in the council because of the British government. The chances of UK joining while a single country can still veto decisions is about 0.

        • jmcs@discuss.tchncs.de
          link
          fedilink
          English
          arrow-up
          6
          ·
          7 hours ago

          How would you negotiate around UK’s exceptionalism interfering with the work of EU institutions? Last time they got all the opt outs to unblock progress for everyone else.

          The compromise here would be the UK joining the EEA on the same terms as Norway, and see if Brits are willing to actually follow the rules for at least a decade before they got a vote on them again.

          • Valmond@lemmy.world
            link
            fedilink
            English
            arrow-up
            1
            ·
            4 hours ago

            Fair point.

            I also think they should have to scrap the pound, to really integrate with the EU and to minimise the risk of another brexit. But you are right, baby steps!

    • Eheran@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      5
      arrow-down
      1
      ·
      16 hours ago

      Why? Because they just left…? No idea if the representatives of all those countrieswould just allow them right back after they talked so much shit about the EU and then proceeded to do so much damage and extra work.

      • Obelix@feddit.org
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        8
        ·
        16 hours ago

        Or every other country would like a clear signal that leaving the EU is a bad thing and “even UK wants back in”