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[โ€“] Eheran@lemmy.world 7 points 11 hours ago (2 children)

....so? 100'000 is nothing. But even if we assume 51 %, would it actually work?

[โ€“] Obelix@feddit.org 10 points 10 hours ago (2 children)

Why shouldn't it work? The EU is open for new members. As a recent EU member, UK should fulfill all requirements for membership. If the UK gov wants, they can apply for membership and that should be relatively quick

[โ€“] jmcs@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

One of the requirements is a unanimous invitation by the countries already in the EU. Countries that remember the circus it was every time anything had to be approved in the council because of the British government. The chances of UK joining while a single country can still veto decisions is about 0.

[โ€“] Valmond@lemmy.world 2 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

That can be negotiated around.

[โ€“] jmcs@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 1 hour ago

How would you negotiate around UK's exceptionalism interfering with the work of EU institutions? Last time they got all the opt outs to unblock progress for everyone else.

The compromise here would be the UK joining the EEA on the same terms as Norway, and see if Brits are willing to actually follow the rules for at least a decade before they got a vote on them again.

[โ€“] Eheran@lemmy.world 4 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

Why? Because they just left...? No idea if the representatives of all those countrieswould just allow them right back after they talked so much shit about the EU and then proceeded to do so much damage and extra work.

[โ€“] Obelix@feddit.org 6 points 10 hours ago

Or every other country would like a clear signal that leaving the EU is a bad thing and "even UK wants back in"

[โ€“] Valmond@lemmy.world 2 points 8 hours ago

In some countries a specific number triggers a vote, I don't think that exists in the UK though?