Asked a colleague kinda jokingly if Netherlands would be leaving the EU, his responses:
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Not in the short term. Hoping UK will exit and become the nucleus of an EU 2.0
Ireland and Scandinavia to join 1st
then BeNeLux
Would be fun as Brussels is EU HQ
The problem with EU is keeping the economies in balance with so many different approaches and political morals
28 countries is just too many
twice the population number of the US
And they have a federal Gov
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However he notes:
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UK won't leave EU
Too many companies employing scare tactics
Even Obama
Companies and foreign Gov's should shut-up on internal politics
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Definitely agree that a much looser relationship between more similar nations could work. UK is bloated and too large, too many countries with too many differences.
I would be very much in favour of free trade and maybe, conditionally, more between the British Isles, Scandinavian nations, Iceland, Netherlands. An EU 2.0 doing it right, based around mutual prosperity and advancement rather than using economic reasons as a cover for political union.
May even be something the Swiss and Norwegians would find attractive.