Without the U.K., the EU becomes a socialistic economy indulging weaker, poorer members.
It’s alarmingly clear now that the EU trade deal is toxic for Canada
The EU sees trade as a mechanism through which its political goals can be met. That’s why it still insists that its trading partners agree to everything from welfare policies to open borders — it even demands this of the U.K. in any new trade deal that Britain strikes after it leaves the EU.
Russia’s Grentrance

If Greece leaves the eurozone, Russia will enter it, casting a chill over Europe.
The EU promoted reckless borrowing and spending. Now German taxpayers will suffer
It will now be the turn of Germany — more likely, individual German taxpayers — to take on the role of suckers.
“Lost” foreign aid money, this time in Palestine
(October 18, 2013) A European Union auditor says billions of dollars in foreign aid to the Palestinian government has been squandered or lost to corruption.