Can the UK rejoin the EU?

We can, but it will take some time and they will make it pretty painful for us. economy would suffer in the short term, in my view were better off riding it out and trying to get a free trade deal in the medium term
 
There is no rejoin mechanism/procedure.
We'd need to fulfill qualification criteria, which we don't, and be accepted by each individual member country :)
Wait for a generation, probably longer, at least before it's anywhere near plausible.
 
If you were in the EU would you want us to.rejoin?
Because of the closeness of the last vote, I don't think it's too much to have another vote nearly 8 years after, especially as evidence of tampering by third parties on Behalf of Brexit has emerged.
I would say that if either side gets close to a 5% majority, then we respect it, and like the Scots don't get another vote for a generation.
That way if Remain gets back in it will be able to give assurances to the EU that we will be committed to it, even if the Muppets get back in and they paint some random figures on the side of a bus.
 
Centralscrutinizer said:
There is no rejoin mechanism/procedure.
We'd need to fulfill qualification criteria, which we don't, and be accepted by each individual member country :)
Wait for a generation, probably longer, at least before it's anywhere near plausible.
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There is, it is just the joining process covered by Article 49 & Copenhagen Criteria.
- Be a European state
- Respect and commit to promote Article 2 values – including human dignity, freedom, democracy, equality, the rule of law, human rights (specifically minority rights), pluralism, non-discrimination, tolerance, justice, solidarity and equality
- Political: broadly the same values as those outlined in Article 2, with an additional requirement for sound institutions and robust checks and balances
- Economic: a functioning and resilient market economy
- Administrative and institutional: the capacity to implement and absorb EU law
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Which of the above criteria would we fail?

Agree the first of the next two steps could be dicey though:
Have its application unanimously approved by the Council of the EU
Have its application approved by a majority vote of the European Parliament
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We would have to commit to adopting the Euro, thus giving up independent monetary and fiscal policies. That's a much worse deal than the one we threw away.
 
I was heart broken by Brexit.
I would love us to rejoin. As it happens, thanks to my wife, I am proud to say that I am an EU citizen anyway.
But it caused such division that it would be horrible to go through it again, not to mention anti-democratic. I wanted a second referendum before brexit was confirmed but through the majority that the tories got in the last GE, it was clear that brexit had to be followed through.
We cant have referendums every 5 minutes until you get the answer that you want. A moronic majority voted for brexit. It may have been far too slim a majority to call such a major issue, but it was a majority, none the less.
No political party would campaign for brexit before an election, at the moment. Maybe in 10 years when a few more of the little englanders have popped their clogs.
 
JackG said:
We would have to commit to adopting the Euro, thus giving up independent monetary and fiscal policies. That's a much worse deal than the one we threw away.
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Sweden is obliged to adopt the Euro, and has been since they joined 30 years ago, and is just avoiding doing it.

I don't see us rejoining any time soon, sadly, but it's in both parties interests for the UK to be back in the EU.
 
JackG said:
We would have to commit to adopting the Euro, thus giving up independent monetary and fiscal policies. That's a much worse deal than the one we threw away.
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Joining the Euro and Schengen area are requirements for new member states but Denmark has an opt-out from the Euro and Ireland has an opt-out from Schengen.

TeaCider said:
Sweden is obliged to adopt the Euro, and has been since they joined 30 years ago, and is just avoiding doing it.
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Croatia, Cyprus, Romania and Bulgaria have yet to join the Schengen area but are legally obliged to do so.
 
newusername said:
Joining the Euro and Schengen area are requirements for new member states but Denmark has an opt-out from the Euro and Ireland has an opt-out from Schengen.


Croatia, Cyprus, Romania and Bulgaria have yet to join the Schengen area but are legally obliged to do so.
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We would be a new member state. I can't see us receiving any special treatment.
 
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