Why does Britain want to leave the European Union?

2065438+On June 2, 2006, Britain launched a referendum on Brexit and voted to leave the European Union. Britain's withdrawal from the EU is not a one-off event. There are both historical reasons and interest factors.

Historically, after Britain established world hegemony from the19th century, the country began to be completely indifferent to European affairs from the end of19th century. No matter what your European continent is in a mess, Britain never interferes with them. For a long time, the psychology of this independent island country has always made Britain and Europe feel estranged. Britain thinks that they are a country independent of Europe, so they have been acting independently.

From the perspective of interests, Britain is a developed economy within the EU, and the EU stipulates that developed economies should pay a large amount of membership fees to the EU every year as support for other EU countries with poor economic development. And this "membership fee" will continue to increase with the length of time to join the EU. For example, in 2008, Britain gave the EU 2.7 billion pounds, which was mainly used for the expenditure of the EU headquarters and other poor EU countries. But five years later, that is, 20 13 years, the expenses paid by Britain increased eightfold, reaching 174 billion pounds. The British think they have suffered losses. If they leave the EU, the money will not be handed over to the EU and can be used to benefit the British.

Economically, the British think their interests have been harmed, because Britain has stepped into the developed financial and service industries, while the European Union focuses on manufacturing. From the perspective of developing countries in the world, there is a great demand for manufacturing, while Germany is a developed country in manufacturing. As a result, in the free trade with the EU, Germany was completely annihilated, while Britain was useless. According to the data, in just 20 14, German exports to China amounted to 7.4 billion pounds, five times that of Britain.

From a social point of view, Britain believes that joining the EU will increase its own expenditure and bring greater social problems. Because some backward countries in the EU like to make a living in developed countries. Britain initially accepted some Soviet citizens who joined the United States. After these immigrants flooded into Britain, social problems such as crime continued to increase. The European Union stipulates that these immigrants should enjoy British welfare, which makes the British very angry.