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I do agree. The EU needs to prove it works.
Lackluster economic performance relative to the US and China doesn’t really make the EU attractive for a country like the UK.
On r/europe, people are delusional. They think the UK will come back begging and will accept a deal without concessions, i.e. no rebate and euro and Schengen obligations.
Reality is, the UK was the second biggest net contributor to the EU for a long time. The EU will need to make an attractive proposal to convince them to come back.
As it is, the EU is only attractive for impoverished peripheral countries.
Meanwhile, Iceland, Norway, Switzerland and the UK see more downsides to joining and on the Euro front, Denmark and Sweden also remain unconvinced.
(If it matters, I am an EU citizen, not a UK citizen)
With this kind of crab mentality, it’s going to be a race to the bottom.