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In reply to the discussion: England should feel the consequences for voting to leave the EU. [View all]Mandos the Judge
(24 posts)As a Dutchie myself I think that is highly doubtful. Not only is our current government unlikely to plan any referendum on EU membership in the forseeable future, but despite our growing euroscepticism I estimate the amount of pro-leavers would be 40% tops at the moment (currently polls say around 66% are in favor for remaining in the EU). Only members of Geert Wilders' populist and xenophobic Freedom Party are highly in favour of leaving the EU and to a far lesser extent the Socialist Party as well, though they favor internal reform instead of bailing out entirely. All other parties are strongly in favor of remaining in the EU.
It would also be economic suicide, since the Dutch economy is highly dependent on exports and tightly interwoven with our neighbours. Economically speaking we've been little more than a province of Germany since the 1970's, so well before the introduction of the euro. Any 'Nexit' would be an unmitigated disaster for the Dutch economy.