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Originally Posted by OLD BOY
I think we will all see that changing once the UK leaves the EU and prospers.
The EU has nothing to offer as it stands. It needs to change or it will disintegrate.
The only real question is, how quickly?
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One thing I think we underestimate in the UK, Remain or Leave, is the emotional aspect of the EU for those on the continent. Remainers largely focused on the economic aspect whereas Leavers focused no the control/legal aspect.
But we could be overlooking the importance of the concept on those on the continent. The EU was set-up by a generation who grew up in the aftermath of WW2 and is currently run by a generation who grew up in a Europe divided by the Berlin Wall.
Stuff like that might explain why the EU can be quite unpopular in these countries but support for leaving it be so low because it represents something more to them than just the institutions...