Of course, the EU is not going to fall apart, but at best it will stagnate for the foreseeable future and we will be dealing with quite a lot of internal chaos.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I think it's extremely unlikely that the European Union will fracture with nations dropping off the edge.
In the long run, Europe will certainly move toward unification. But it will be a process of push and pull, and there will be resistance.
The EU is not a country and it's not going to become a country, in my view, now or ever in the future. It is a group of countries working together.
I think as a business it would be amazing if the euro was to collapse, but financially and economically I think that would be a bit of a tsunami for everybody to cope with.
I personally hope and wish that Britain will stay part and parcel of the European Union.
I can't foretell the future, but I don't believe that the act of leaving the European Union would make our economic position worse; I think it would make it better.
If we get outside the EU, if we leave the EU system, we will be relieved of a huge amount of unnecessary regulation that is holding this country back. We will be able to set our own priorities, make our own laws and set our own tax policies to suit the needs of this country. We have a huge opportunity also to make people's votes count for more.
The UK is not going to leave the European Union. Of course not. We are inextricably wound up with Europe. In terms of culture, history and geography, we are a European nation.
If the E.U. allows itself to be priced out of the world economy, the next generation will not get jobs, living standards will decline, and the Union will lose the popular consent of the people of Europe.
I believe that Europe without Britain at the heart will be less reform-driven, less open, less international Europe.
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