06-22-2016, 10:51 PM
(06-22-2016, 08:56 PM)Nebuchadnezzar Wrote: By when should we know the results from this vote?
What will it mean for the rest of the EU if the voters decide to leave?
The impacts will be interesting. If the leave side wins there will be probably a two year negotiation of the exit. During this period the uncertainty of what will happen will shake up the economies for both the UK and the EU as a whole. After that, well, to give you an idea we are still 40 years into negotiations with how Switzerland and the EU interact with each other and that will have to happen with the UK.
For the EU as whole, not just economically, even the remain side wins it will mean there has to be a hard look at how the EU operates and what it does. I have heard German and EU officials say this repeatedly. Between the UK and the Netherlands, it has become obvious that the EU needs to reform.
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"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
