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Originally Posted by afc wimbledon
Germany and France wanted to avoid the utter chaos of today, that's all, the UK has never ever joined the EU fully has always kept its foot out of the door, France has never really wanted the UK in either frankly, if, as is likely, the UK implodes and tries to get back in I doubt the EU would want to risk going through this chaos again in the future.
Like a divorce, once you've sold the house, divided the furniture and paid the lawyers if your now ex wife changes her mind no one in their right mind takes the idiot back.
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The UK has kept it's foot out of the door because they've tried to remain a democracy. The EU is not based on democratic policies so it's easy to see why this decision was made. And honestly it seems like the EU has a higher chance of collapse than the UK does.
A lot of Germany is also up in arms about wanting to leave the EU. I recently visited Munich and there were hundreds of dairy farmers protesting on main streets with their tractors. It was a very large protest about how the regulated milk prices are too low to survive on. Local dairy farmers are going bankrupt after maintaining a living wage for generations.
France just hates the UK with a passion. France seems to hate everyone else to some extent though. I'd consider them the most intolerant Country in Europe. They even hate french Canadians.