Britons don’t grasp the EU’s essential motivation – a quest for the quiet life | Jeremy Cliffe

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Codswallop - confusing the EU with a solution to European war is naive - just look at Ukraine.

Their safety ? No - NATO (and national police forces) do that. Truth is, that the EU is a dinosaur, belonging to a vanished Europe and a past era of world history.

Brexit will give us an even quieter life.

Looking forward to the plans for the ‘quiet’ EU army.

The recent announcement about an EU army shows the EU's real motivation!

Shocking article! The EU does not protect the prosperity of ALL of its citizens - just the top 1%. Its why so many young French, Polish and Spanish folks come to the U.K. in search of work that they can’t find at home. Britain’s not perfect JeremyCliffe but cares more than EU.

Actually we do, but when you get shafted every five mins by the political elites across the water, there comes a time when you say: enough is enough.

Bollox they are Emprie building pay for a decent investigative journalist and print some truth

what you're describing is a protection racket.

All they see is Germany fulfilling Hitler's ambitions. The difference being that the EU is, in the main, a benevolent grouping, for the good of all, whereas Hitler was malevolent, and his racist attitudes hopefully bear little relation to Europe in 2019

No, Britons just don't like the smell of tear gas or flash rounds!

Yes, i do not think they understand that 'peace' is NOT a default option. Peace is the result of hard work. And for all the faults the EU has (with social inequality and other problems) .. it DID manage peace in Europe .. anything but a small task.

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