7 pointsby vrganj5 hours ago2 comments

cromka4 hours ago
People speculate about EU membership while completely forgetting that an individual countries can join individual treaties that effectively form the EU as is.
I am betting the EU will extend the access to EEA to Canada, AU. NZ and possibly Korea and Japan. In all these cases, freedom of movement of people and goods would suffice and is much easier sell to citizens of all countries involved.
Although it's still hard to imagine Canada would align their standards to the EU instead of NA.
- pjc502 hours ago
  I think all of this is premature while Brexit hasn't been reversed. It would be an odd day when several Commonwealth countries have European free movement and the UK doesn't.
  - cromka22 minutes ago
    Brexit won't be reversed, as much as I hate it. Best can be done is EEA membership ad well.
- vrganj2 hours ago
  The hard thing about EEA is that you are effectively giving up more sovereignty than with full EU membership: You still have to follow most EU rules, but you give up your seat at the table when they're decided.
  Might be a hard sell.
  - cromka22 minutes ago
    Yeah, but you get free access to the EU market. That's the sell.
zrn90021 minutes ago
Amazing how the 'Eu' started to resemble the British Empire for some reason...