• TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world
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      24 days ago

      The Netherlands also had a massive anti-EU sentiment at around the time of the 2015 refugee crisis. As did several other countries. Shit, the UK was only the 3rd most anti-EU country in the EU at the time.

      I imagine you wouldn’t be having this uncaring sentiment if it was your own government who called for a referendum that went the same way as the UK’s did.

    • 5714@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      25 days ago

      “Now does that mean to say we can and should do nothing, of course not. We’ve got to build trust, mutual respect, we’ve got to identify areas where we can cooperate and collaborate. Defence and security is an example; we’ve got to find ways to mitigate the trade costs that we’re incurring.”

      Former empire had to learn its lesson, I guess.