tzor wrote:waauw wrote:You're deluded if you think the EU is going to collapse anytime soon, if ever.
I love being deluded. Of course you have to define the term "collapse" very carefully. "Collapse" is a loaded word. Economic collapse for example can be hard to precisely define. Is it a really sucky recession or a mild depression or a ... (doesn't matter if you are out of work what you call it). Growing states of "no go" zones where separate legal and judicial systems are in effect as Muslim immigrants refuse to assimilate to European cultural norms. And most importantly, an exponentially expending bureaucracy from Brussels with absolutely no connection whatsoever to the citizens within the union with national governments being pressured to surrender to that bureaucracy.
I predict that the straws will break the back of Germany in five years. Economic stagnation will probably hit the extremities of the union before that (PIGS still ain't got wings). When all is said and done the EU will wake up and realize that the best it can be is mediocre going year by year with stagflation.
Doubtful. The UK merely had a very unusual political system for a european nation. Germany, as well as most of europe, have coalition-type democracies. Meaning that any extremist party would have to gain other parties support in order to hold a referendum. It seems highly unlikely Germany would leave the EU with no other party but the far right being eurosceptic. Germany is traditionally left-wing-oriented.
