DeWinter wrote:United States of Europe? Well, the tendency these days is for countries to split, rather than unify. Give it ten years, and the chances are we'll be seeing an independent England, Scotland, Catalonia, and Flemish nation.
So, heres a scenario:
Without their Scots and Welsh M.P's, Labour find themselves almost permanently on the opposition bench in England. The Tory party under pressure by it's own Eurosceptic wing and the threat of defections to the Independence Party(the former UKIP), and the growing strength of the BNP, finally offers a referendum on EU-withdrawal. The English, who have been slowly drifting to the right politically, the most sceptical as to the EU's worth, vote to withdraw.
England's withdrawal means Scotland finds itself unable to transport it's goods through England without paying a tariff, and the English put up border controls to ensure EU members from poorer countries don't enter England illegally through Scotland, all this costing Scotland billions through lost trade.
Spain, vetoes Catalonia's application to join the EU as well as continuing it's current unofficial boycott of Catalan goods. Without the wealthy Catalan area, and a resurgent campaign by the ETA, Spain finds it's economy in dire straights, yet the EU, without the 13 billion provided by the former UK, is unable to find funds for Spain's assistance. Spain finds itself breaking the stability pact, and is fined by the EU, It responds by dropping the Euro.
The Euro goes into freefall.
You can guess the rest. You might even think I wanted it to happen I've thought it through so thoroughly. I don't, but it'd serve the EU well for trying to carve my country up and abolish it's name..
