EU - in or out?

MargaretX, how splendid your suggestion that the centre of Europe will eventually swing to the East if we Brits don't stop quibbling as you put it, then the hard working Germans and Poles can geographically come together and leave us malingering Brits to our dismal welfare system and our crime ridden capital. Lets hope this move isn't quite as geographically close as it was 1939 because that didn't have a particularly good outcome, as far as the Poles were concerned!

MargaretX not sure what nationality you are but that's a strange post for sure.

Scotland, if it becomes an independant country will have to apply for membership of the EU, it can't choose to vote to stay in. It will be interesting to see too, if Scotland becomes independant, will it join the Euro

Who exactly is voting or wishing for the Germans to have an even more powerful role? The Poles? I'm sure you're aware of the origins of the EU, which was the European Coal & Steel Community proposed by the French to expressly prevent the Germans' ability to wage war, yet again. For you to suggest Poland wants Germany to have an even more powerful role is frankly laughable.

The UK is quibbling, yes, rightly so. I am totally in favour of the EU as a trading entity which is what we joined but a Federal Europe will not work.