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“The United Kingdom’s relationship with the EU – or, in political parlance, ‘Europe’ – has long been one of the most divisive, emotive issues in British politics.”

 

Seth Dixon‘s insight:

The beginnings of the European Union are rooted in the aftermath of WW II, with Europe exhausted from war many politicians wanted to unite European countries in a way that would make war with each other impossible.  The United Kingdom, though has had a complicated with the EU, sometimes (and for certain issues) wanting greater European integration to strengthen their regional position and at other times have resisted regional collaboration for fear of losing national autonomy.  This is very over-generalized, but this BBC article gives a nice historical perspective on the rocky relationship of between the two.  

 

Tags: Europe, supranationalism, currency, economic, historical, sovereignty, UK.

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