Why Britain Should Leave the EU
FEBRUARY 22, 2016, 2:38 PM EST
The E.U., in its current form, is fundamentally broken. And it won’t be fixed with the UK on board.
The potential exit of the United Kingdom from the European Union will finally acknowledge what most scholars and bureaucrats have known for over a decade now: the E.U., in its current form, is fundamentally broken.
If the European Union is to become anything more than a glorified free trade zone or a terribly ineffective confederation, it needs to get closer and move forward with those members who are willing to diminish their own sovereign powers in the pursuit of a more perfect and secure union. That won’t happen with the U.K. on board.
So far, much of the discussion concerning a Brexit has focused on what leaving the E.U. would mean for Britain and its interests. Would it hurt the City of London’s status as the financial heart of Europe? Would it diminish Britain’s role on the world stage? But hardly anyone in the U.K., or elsewhere for that matter, is asking the bigger question: Would Brexit be good for the E.U.? The answer is a resounding “yes.”
It is difficult to build a strong team when one of the members believes it can pick and choose what it wants to do all the time. While the U.K. may be a full-fledged member of the E.U., it has chosen to fiscal compact because the City of London was against the introduction of a financial transaction tax or anything that might lead to a unified European banking system. Eurozone members in favor of the tax later banded together to adopt the measure without the U.K.’s say. They have also moved forward with creating a banking union and harmonizing a number of rules dealing with bank liquidity. In all of this, the U.K. is nowhere to be found.
Britain’s lack of commitment to the European Union goes beyond financial matters. The U.K. was one of only two nations in the E.U. to “opt-out” of the E.U. Charter of Fundamental Rights on the erroneous claim that it would somehow Treaty of Maastricht in the early 1990s and the Treaty of Lisbon in 2007, it understood that the EEC, the direct predecessor to the European Union, was morphing into a political body and would no longer be a purely economic organization. The structures put in place were clearly intended to lead to a closer political and fiscal union, which required member states to give up some of their sovereignty. If the U.K. was not comfortable taking that step, it should have not moved forward in the first place. Its continued obstructionism and “me first” attitude in all areas, especially in finance, have undermined the efforts of European countries fighting for a closer and more secure Europe.
When London’s mayor, Boris Johnson, told reporters on Sunday that he would support Brexit, the U.K. governmentissued a statement that pretty much sums up Britain’s lack of commitment to the E.U. and its opportunistic agenda: “Our message to everyone is we want Britain to have the best of both worlds: all the advantages of the jobs and investment that come with being in the EU, without the downsides of being in the euro and open borders.”
The U.K. is not the only one that wants to have its cake and eat it too. Denmark and Sweden have also wavered in their commitment to greater integration. So, the U.K. shouldn’t be the only one to leave the E.U. quickly; all other member states fundamentally opposed to building a stronger E.U. would be wise to head for the exits as well. The policy of “opting out” of E.U. provisions by any member state should be erased as it only creates divisions and confusion inside and outside of Europe. By attempting to accommodate all members, the E.U. has become weak and ineffective, unable to respond to even basic crises.
This article highlights the need not only for Britain to leave the EU but for the EU to go on and become what Bible Prophecy has described as a ‘beast’ in Revelations as it becomes one confederated / fully integrated group of nations and peoples.
So yes this is the otherside to the position Britain finds itself in and why they must also leave to allow Europe to become what Bible Prophecy has described in the last days prior to Christ’s return. And so it shall.
