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Re:Sturgeon seeks Brussels talks to protect Scotland's EU me... by nolok on Saturday June 25, 2016 @02:50PM (#11977468)
> Doubtful: As long as France and Germany are on board, the EU will survive in some fashion.

I would go further than that, while you are absolutely right, long before we reach that point we have the "second core" of Belgium, Italy and Spain, none of which are actually leaving anytime soon. Can add Portugal, Austria and Luxembourg as a "sure takers" third wave.

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Re:Sturgeon seeks Brussels talks to protect Scotland's EU me... by cygx on Saturday June 25, 2016 @03:17PM (#11977573)
It's from 2014 (so in particular before the refugee crisis), but a look at Special Eurobarometer 415 [1] might still be instructive, eg QA13.3 [2]. This could have saved Cameron some embarrassment...

[1] http://ec.europa.eu/public_opinion/archives/ebs/ebs_415_en.p...

[2] http://i.imgur.com/2kNwdtf.png

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