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Originally posted by gaga for gaga
Thanks for generalising my whole country, for the record I didn't vote for UKIP and won't be voting to leave the EU
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I have met many people who think the UK is still this global world-power and essentially better and morally superior to "the continent". I don't know why the UK doesn't associate itself as a european country.. it is beyond ridiculous imo.
+ they resent the EU like no other country. Especially the British governments. They want this and that from the EU and would throw fits when they have to pay for sth.. so that really poor european country get a chance.
Also the resentment of Angela Merkel is kind of funny.. because when y'all hate her so much and think she is doing everything wrong... why doesn't the UK propose a different strategy? And forces Germany to bag down. I mean the UK does always have Scandinavia, BeNeLux and France on its side...(always).
It is also true that the United Kingdom acted selfish throughout the history of Europe. There is the myth of a complete innocent and wholesome UK throughout the world wars and suddenly everyone forgets that the UK has been THE superior european super-ower throughout all the wars, with the biggest political and diplomatic power.
The UK did well too. It was able to act un-selfish after WW2 in regards to Germany and was very supportive for which every German will forever be grateful.
But times have changed. The British Government should work for the closest of ties with the continental countries instead of being bystanders and Amerca's lapdog.
Europe will begin to heal when every nation accepts the others as equals. The UK is one of those countries that is furthest away from that understanding right now.
The thing is that the extreme nationalistic right movement is on the forefront and gaining in the UK, France, Holland, Denmark, Hungary, Turkey, Greece etc etc etc...while Germany for example doesn't even have an openly nationalistic party in the parliament cause only a tiny minority would ever vote for them.
if you ask me, jealousy is as predominant between european countries as it was in 1914. The only difference is that central and northern Europe tend to build a block of its own today...and it seems to be growing together, leaving the european periphery in the dust.