Marusya
07-23-2015, 10:32 PM
Dear Britain, there is life outside the EU
Iceland, Switzerland and Norway all enjoy the perks of the European market without the burden of the EU. So come on out - the water's lovely
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Europe’s political elites want more Europe not less Europe
Join us, Britain, in the glorious world of freedom that exists outside the EU, said Thomas Aeschi and Guthlaugur Thor Thordarson. We are members of the parliaments of Switzerland and Iceland, respectively, and both of our countries are thriving as members of the European Free Trade Area. Along with fellow EFTA members Liechtenstein and Norway, we get to “participate in the European market while retaining our self-government.”
We don’t have to abide by the common agricultural policy, a one-size-fits-all for farmers, or change our criminal justice laws to comply with European Union rules. We can make our own bilateral treaties, including trade pacts, with other countries—and this has come in handy striking deals with China, which the U.K. is not allowed to do. We do pay a contribution to the EU budget, but it’s “less than a third, in per capita terms,” of what the British currently pay. The result is that people in EFTA countries have incomes more than 50 percent higher than the EU average. “Free trade and national sovereignty turn out to make a pretty good combination.”
Britain was once a leading member of EFTA, before it joined the EU’s predecessor in 1973. It could be again. “Come on in—the water’s lovely.”
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/general-election-2015/politics-blog/11730318/Dear-Britain-there-is-life-outside-the-EU.html
Iceland, Switzerland and Norway all enjoy the perks of the European market without the burden of the EU. So come on out - the water's lovely
http://i59.tinypic.com/2d7x6c4.jpg
Europe’s political elites want more Europe not less Europe
Join us, Britain, in the glorious world of freedom that exists outside the EU, said Thomas Aeschi and Guthlaugur Thor Thordarson. We are members of the parliaments of Switzerland and Iceland, respectively, and both of our countries are thriving as members of the European Free Trade Area. Along with fellow EFTA members Liechtenstein and Norway, we get to “participate in the European market while retaining our self-government.”
We don’t have to abide by the common agricultural policy, a one-size-fits-all for farmers, or change our criminal justice laws to comply with European Union rules. We can make our own bilateral treaties, including trade pacts, with other countries—and this has come in handy striking deals with China, which the U.K. is not allowed to do. We do pay a contribution to the EU budget, but it’s “less than a third, in per capita terms,” of what the British currently pay. The result is that people in EFTA countries have incomes more than 50 percent higher than the EU average. “Free trade and national sovereignty turn out to make a pretty good combination.”
Britain was once a leading member of EFTA, before it joined the EU’s predecessor in 1973. It could be again. “Come on in—the water’s lovely.”
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/general-election-2015/politics-blog/11730318/Dear-Britain-there-is-life-outside-the-EU.html