Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called for the creation of a unified European military force, saying the continent must be self-reliant amid a persistent threat from Russia and uncertainty about U.S. support – a situation he described as “this new reality.”

  • Scott_of_the_Arctic@lemmy.world
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    4 days ago

    Brexit was the product of russian disinformation and social engineering. The margin was laughably small and Scotland was 60% in favour of remaining (anti immigration propaganda didn’t address the massive numbers of English people already in Scotland). Most people in England would vote to rejoin at this point though.

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      Ok, I am delighted to hear that, vote the rejoin, in EU we will be happy to negotiate adhesion, but it does not seem something that can be resolved in weeks and the military union should occur in that type of deadline

    • GoodEye8@lemm.ee
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      Brexit was caused by British exceptionalism. The people who wanted to leave wanted to leave because they thought UK is so great that it could bend the EU. People who didn’t want to leave did so because they believed UK already had a good deal with the EU (and they did) because the UK is so great. Polling data backs that up because if you start asking about making “concessions” to rejoin the EU that “Yes” to rejoin turns into “I’d rather not”.

      Polling data from a year ago


      REFV2. If tomorrow there were another referendum on EU membership, how do you think you would vote?

      • Stay out of the EU - 39%
      • Rejoin the EU - 61%

      EURO. Would the requirement to adopt the Euro as currency change your decision to rejoin the EU if you would vote to rejoin?

      • I would still want the UK to rejoin the EU if adopting the Euro was a requirement - 35%
      • I would not want the UK to rejoin the EU if adopting the Euro was a requirement - 9%
      • I would only want to rejoin the EU if we were able to keep Sterling as our currency - 14%
      • Would vote to stay out - 39%