Quote Originally Posted by Stolly View Post
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Grappling with the EU and bringing in such a diverse range of different countries is a truly difficult thing to undertake and was never going to be easy and without big difficulties along the way. But the long term aspirations and vision of it all is fantastic and it’s definitely worthwhile. On the other hand ducking out, not liking foreigners and not being bothered isn’t....
You can't answer my points can you about the inherent flaws of the euro? What you fail to see is that bringing in such a diverse range of countries in the euro is precisely why it shouldn't have been done. It could never work for that reason. Italy cannot compete with Germany at the same exchange rate. In a country with its own currency poorer regions receive fiscal transfers from richer regions as compensation. But there is no such mechanism in the eurozone. There is no political union to enable this to happen. It should have already existed before attempting to create a common currency. Even then there would have been no guarantee of success because of the lack of common institutions.

But at least you are able to fall back on your tried and trusted nonsense about leavers not liking foreigners.