Which country will be next to follow us out of the EU ?

The good news is that the people that enjoy living out of UK are still able to stay where they are, they don’t have to come back here, I dare say lots will apply for citizenship if the country they live and contribute than here, which is fair enough. They have a choice.

Not France MOnica
Spain.
Are you confusing me with another poster?

polyester57
Yes, I certainly do thing that the British change of diet had something to do with being in the EU. As did the diet in Germany and all other EU countries,

I prefer to put it down to Elizabeth David - she introduced me to French and Italian cooking 50 odd years ago.

Round here it had a lot to do with people moving in from India, Pakistan and other far flung countries as well. My favourite eating place when I was a student was Greek, ten years before they joined the EU.

why is this in 'chat' - it is purely political and nothing to do with 'chatting'.

We are chatting. We are chatting about differing attitudes to the EU.
Info item: there are 23 European countries not in the EU. Interesting.

biba70

why is this in 'chat' - it is purely political and nothing to do with 'chatting'.

Does it matter?

I actually think it’s good that some of us who avoid the Politics thread like the plague are chatting about something other than COVID and personal problems.

it matters because it is clearly a political thread- so what it the point of having categories otherwise.

If you want to avoid politics like the plague - avoid politics.

And if you don’t want to chat, shoo.

we chat about politics.

vegansrock

All the anecdotes seem to confirm that people hear what they want. I have close family members in both Italy and Ireland, their jobs range from university professor to bus driver.All more than happy to be part of a cooperative organisation which crosses national barriers. Not perfect, and scope for reform from within as with any other organisation, supportive and giving protection in many areas.

Including your own contribution of anecdotes....?

I like chatting generally like this. It’s not about a topic in the news. It’s exchanging viewpoints. Interesting actually.

Jane10

We are chatting. We are chatting about differing attitudes to the EU.
Info item: there are 23 European countries not in the EU. Interesting.

I didn’t realise that there were so many!

Petra what an interesting life you’ve led, in countries that we don’t hear much about.
Which was your favourite one?

I didn’t realise that there were so many!

Me neither, lemongrove. I’m now racking my brain trying to name them all. No doubt I’ll be googling to get the last few.

That’s a great question Lemon and as it’s a chat thread it would be interesting to hear about Petra’s experience.

I think not petra, a chat involves a level of respect for alternative views that is absent. I find it embarrassing.

Try it Casdon....join in!

We lived in Lot et Garonne, SW France during the referendum of 2016. Most of our French friends expressed envy at the result however our friend in and around Paris thought we were crazy.
Our Dutch friends of many years say that they and their neighbours would like to be next ones out.
We only have one Belgian friend who tells us that Belgium was a very poor country before all the bureaucrats moved in to Brussels and they would be worried if the EU began to break up.

The Brussels effect has certainly been good for Belgium, although they are experiencing some racial tensions from what I have heard.It’s no wonder that poorer countries like the EU.

Just to clarify, the racial tensions are nothing to do with being in the EU.

I don’t like the behaviour of the playground lemongrove - as you know I am happy to stand up for my point of view when I think it matters, but there’s some schoolgirl level posting on here, and I don’t want to join in with that.

I didn't realise that all the different states of Russia were counted as European.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_European_countries_by_population

Casdon

I don’t like the behaviour of the playground lemongrove - as you know I am happy to stand up for my point of view when I think it matters, but there’s some schoolgirl level posting on here, and I don’t want to join in with that.

Where????

I don't think any country will want to follow our example. Total madness!

Petra I hope you come back to tell us about your experience in Eastern Europe. It’s a chat thread and a few of us would be interested.