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ealexhudson on Oct 27, 2017 | parent | context | favorite | on: Catalan parliament declares independence from Spai...

Only in recent history. Post-war through to the eighties, it was pro-Europe and influential in Europe (at least, the EC, etc.)

petre on Oct 27, 2017 | [–]

The British are not sceptic about Europe, they're sceptic about the EU. There is no farce. 67% voted to join the EC in 1975 and 52% voted to leave the EU in 2016.

PeachPlum on Oct 28, 2017 | [–]

We voted "in" to the common market.

We voted "out" of the common parliament.

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