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Re:UK formally leaves European Union after 48 years by Arnt on Thursday December 31, 2020 @08:00PM (#25599447)
The EU vote in Norway almost 30 years ago was very, very different from the British Brexit affair. Luckily for us Norwegians, we didn't suffer from anyone like Mark Francois, for example.

Of course you could say that Brexit has nothing to do with British culture.

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Re:UK formally leaves European Union after 48 years by vimy on Thursday December 31, 2020 @08:02PM (#25599468)
The point is that European culture is not linked to the European Union.
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Re:UK formally leaves European Union after 48 years by austinjp on Thursday December 31, 2020 @08:24PM (#25599710)
I'd say they're linked insofar as the European Union was created by and continues to evolve through European culture.
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Re:UK formally leaves European Union after 48 years by monoideism on Thursday December 31, 2020 @08:45PM (#25599888)
> The EU vote in Norway almost 30 years ago was very, very different from the British Brexit affair

It was driven by the same core concerns about national sovereignty.

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Re:UK formally leaves European Union after 48 years by Arnt on Friday January 01, 2021 @05:08AM (#25602169)
Yes, but expressed in culturally different way. As I wrote, no Mark Francois for us. He's an important politician due to the peculiar British current political culture.

EDIT: I meant "peculiarly British", but I haven't the heart to edit that typo.

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