Roland Lescure tells the BBC that being in the bloc enables members to better address the challenges facing the world.
What do you think of this?
I think the UK should definitely be forging stronger partnerships with our allies. Otherwise we’re just a middle power at best, drifting alone, ready to be pushed around by the US, China, and Russia.
No, please no. We don’t need more right-wing US pawns .
Arguably a united Europe would be less of a pawn for the US compared to individual European countries. Even Germany, the largest economy in the EU, has nowhere near the power that the US does. But the EU together can have a similar level of power to the US. Which means the EU together has more leverage to say “no” when the US wants Europe to do something.
Bringing US pawns into the EU would weaken the EU from within. They are a huge trojan horse that we do not need right now. They need to grow out of their right-wing phase before they can join.
It’s true that we in the UK have right-wing voters, but look at France and Germany for example. AfD is doing pretty well in Germany. Marine Le Pen might win the 2027 French presidential election.
The current UK government is centre-left, not right-wing. I think it’s entirely possible that a centre-left coalition could win the next UK general election. The current polls show that a Labour and Liberal Democrat coalition could form the next government if an election were held soon.
Anyway, the UK rejoining the EU is surely not going to happen any time soon. I do think it would be good if the UK and EU forged stronger ties though, and perhaps one day the UK could fully rejoin the EU.