Will The UK Ever Rejoin The EU?

Will The UK Ever Rejoin The EU?

[Pining_for_the_fjords]

Brexiteers: "This isn't the brexit I voted for!"
Remainers: "This is exactly the brexit I voted against."

[Mirakolis]

In the end we can actually thank the British people. The EU was in some sort of a crisis. There were many resentments against the EU in many member states which resulted in a large number of anti-EU parties and movements. Now that the Brexit experiment has shown its results, initiatives for leaving are at an all time low.

[telluwide]

Every time I travel through an EU airport, there’s always a sign right before passport control with a big Union Jack reminding British passport holders that they must stand in the "All Other Passports" line....There’s always at least one Brit who mistakenly goes into the EU line only to be reminded to wait with all the rest of us....the scowls on their faces are priceless! LOL!😅

[tommoore]

As a Northern Irish unionist who voted to remain in EU, all i can say is that Brexit has accelerated a united Ireland. I believe it will happen in my lifetime now. As for the rest of the UK, i honestly dont know what the future holds, i guess it might depend on our Scottish cousins deciding where their future lies.

[maartenaalsmeer]

(Lazy) re-post: as a EU citizen, I'm honestly on the fence about the UK becoming a member of the EU again. I understand that almost half of the UK wanted to stay, and are very sad about what happened. But what's also noticeable in the discussion on platforms like these, is that the only reason UK citizens (seemingly?) want to return is the UK's economic downfall after Brexit. If Brexit had been an economic success, would we be having this 'rejoin' conversation? I don't think so. For most UK citizens, (it seems like) it's not about the EU's goal of 'an ever closer union between the peoples of Europe', it's not about reconnecting with fellow Europeans whose's values you share. It's all about the money, about GDP loss, about less opportunities. And maybe that's logical! But heartwarming it's not.

What's also bothering me: the exceptionalism and entitlement (triggering words, I'm aware) that even ardent Remainers still display while discussing applying for membership again. It's almost immediately about getting a better deal, opting out of having to take the Euro, stating the UK is a very large economy, the EU really needs us and would be foolish to say no. Rich, large army, etc. Some are also seemingly very unaware about the application process. Or think that joining the Single Market is also a viable and easy option, without being an EU member. "We'll just negotiate, we're important, we're needed. Because we're British!" This is not the case . The EU can do without the UK. And will continue to do so if this arrogant attitude will surface during a hypothetical future application.

[michaelmazowiecki]

Unlikely for at least twenty years. After all, UK reentry depends on all member states approving.

[chrisix.]

Interesting how you excluded Luxembourg from the Schengen area at 6:18, despite the Schengen agreement and convention having been signed in Schengen, a luxembourgish village. Luxembourg is literally one of the founders of the Schengen area.
You also excluded us from the Euro Zone at 6:22, despite us also being a founding member.

Otherwise, good video and greetings from Luxembourg :)

[ilarirahja]

Frankly. as it is now it seems that Britain serves EU's interests better by staying out of it. Might be difficult to convince them otherwise.

[angriffslusticherWildoger]

UK: *applies*
Spain: this is my moment 😈🇬🇮

Even if the UK would like to rejoin the EU, any other members could veto it. Some countries have even subjected new adhesion to referendums. This means, the UK destiny in or outside of the EU does not fully depend on its population.

[TheTwistedStone]

....anyone really believe they ever left ? Kept same laws, same payments, same faces in office and zero control over

[hatman]

There might be another factor in play that might force political parties to consider to rejoin the EU - dissolution. Northern Ireland might ask for reunification with Ireland if they'll keep suffering from Brexit, especially when they were voting against it. If N.I leaves the union, then expect same with Scotland which also was voting in favor of staying. So to avoid this, political parties might push for EU membership again.

[simonchaddock]

When the result of the referendum was announced my first reaction was "what on earth are they going to do about Northern Ireland?" It still is an unsatisfactory situation.

[richardsimms]

As a Canadian, I have great respect for Britain but I have always believed that Brexit was a huge social and economic blunder.
RS. Canada

[alphalunamare]

Would you let a proven lunatic back into your house after they had behaved so abominably?

[Eilt]

Hardly anyone is really keen on the UK returning to the EU - not in the EU and not in the UK.
To be honest, I don't believe that Brexit or the United Kingdom plays an important role in the thoughts of any European.
Perhaps it is better to focus on other issues at hand. Brexit is old news.

[Pikaling]

Brexit is the greatest political mistake of the 21st century. As a Brit myself it had threatened the unity of my country and I hope that the UK will rejoin the EU.

[asgsgs]

I am a Brit and I was very against what are people voted for and still am. I genuinely feel embarrassed by our people and governments attitude towards the EU. I never understood why we thought it was a good idea in the first place thinking we could pull it off. We definitely thought we were better than we actually are and we’re way too overconfident with the whole thing. I really hope we can rejoin at some point and rebuild relationships with other EU members.

[nacaclanga]

No matter what the British people think, the EU also has a say in this. For them Brexit has had only a relativly minor financial and economical impact, while they have gotten rid of their most exception happy member state and bascially got a huge free and highly effective demonstration on why leaving is a poor idea, that saw Leave-demands all over Europe virtually dissappiring.
It would also be very hard to justify why a new memberstate should have any exceptions, so Britain would have to sign in to all EU legislations (Opt-outs are only for those that are members long enough). So no special currency, no exception to working rights, finally joing Schengen, likely it would also require stuff like using commonly understood units on all traffic signs.
Britain would have to become very committed if they want to enter again. And so far I don't see this kind of commitment, just dreaming people that didn't like the EU and now dislike Brexit even more with no idea what a rejoining would mean.

[andreasarnoalthofsobottka]

Europe has not forgotten the culture war, the hostilities, the xenophobia, the hate crime, and the english snobs. The EU is struggling with Hungary not playing by the rulebook. That's just about enough of a pain in the arse.