The glorious hour of Brexit
By Isidoros Karderinis
hree
years ago, with the referendum of June 23, 2016, the British people
decided with a percentage of almost 52% and with 71.8% participation
the exit
of Great Britain from the
European Union. This great result was undoubtedly
the first major, painful defeat for the under German-controlled
European Union of banks and multinationals.
However,
the
exit of Great Britain
from the European Union, which was scheduled to take place on 29
March 2019, after exactly
two years before had been activated the article 50 of the Treaty of
Lisbon, which allows members-states to leave the union, ultimately it
did not happen because of a failure to reach an agreement with the
Brussels establishment. And no agreement was reached because of the
arrogant intransigence of the Brussels conclave, which is trying with
abundant overweening to humiliate Great Britain and thus use it as a
scarecrow to other countries wishing to escape the German prison of
the European Union.
According
to statements by new Prime Minister Boris Johnson, Brexit will happen
definitively on October 31, 2019, either with an agreement or without
an agreement. And this because an irregular
Brexit is preferable to a bad deal that will obviously work against
Great Britain and the British people. At the same time, this act of
exit, which will liberate Great Britain from the shackles of the
European Union, shows, on the one hand, full respect for the will of
the British people and on the other hand conflicts with those who are
trying in various ways to delay or even cancel the proud Brexit.
It
is more than certain that with Brexit is not going to be the end of
the world for Great Britain as it did not happen when it chose to
stay out of the eurozone. And, as eminent experts say, the British
economy after a short problematic period will be significantly
strengthened from a competitive point of view. So there is no doubt
for any perspicacious observer and analyst that in the medium and
long term, Great Britain, which will fully regain the ability to
pursue national policy in all areas, will prosper out of an
undemocratic and highly bureaucratic plan in which Germany has a
dominant role.
However,
the supporters of the stay of Great Britain in the European Union
essentially want the British people's will to be annulled and the
referendum thrown into the trash following the result of which did
not cause any immediate economic crisis as they were warning. So they
are constantly sowing terror, assuring that the consequences of
Brexit without a deal will be nightmarish and chaotic, much worse
than even Hitler's bombs. So they are talking about developments and
events that will even endanger the same the unity of the country,
huge deficits in food, medicine and fuel that will lead the British
to rush like the crazy people to supermarkets, gas stations and
pharmacies, “blackout” at ports and airports of the country,
destruction
of British businesses, decisive blows to the exports and the
financial sector, particularly negative impacts on the tourism
industry that will transform travel plans millions of people in a
hell of delays, cancellations and bureaucracy etc.
But
all this logically will not be the case because the responsible
government of Boris Johnson for the future of the British economy and
the British people, I believe it will take the
appropriate measures
with prudent and decisive action, drawing up a well-coordinated exit
plan that will minimize any negative effects of Brexit. This is also
confirmed by the statements made on 1 August 2019 by the Minister of
Finance of Great Britain Sajid Javid: "Our economy is
fundamentally strong, so today we can make many choices. We can
choose to both invest in our schools, our hospitals, our fantastic
police, for example, but we can also prepare to exit the EU. And, if
that means leaving with no deal, that's exactly what we're going to
do."
At
the same time, Brexit will not only have negative impacts on Great
Britain, but also on the European Union. Brexit undoubtedly threatens
the unity of the union and creates an example of secession that other
countries are likely to follow in the future (Domino Effect), while
the lack of Great Britain financial contribution (around ten billion
annually) will significantly affect the community budget. At the same
time the Great Britain's major trading partners (Germany, France, the
Netherlands, Italy, Spain and Belgium) will be significantly
affected, while the European Union as a whole will cease to have the
largest share of world GDP and be the largest trading power
internationally, giving
its
position in the US and China.
The
blow for the European Union from Brexit, and indeed without an
agreement, and given the USA’s solidarity that accompanies it and
translates into a major privileged bilateral Great Britain-USA trade
agreement, is much more than crucial and can prove fatal for the
European Union and the Eurozone,
at a
time when the latter is experiencing a prolonged economic and
political crisis, which has been on the rise lately.
So
in the face of heightened power competition between world powers (US,
China, Russia, EU) it is more than obvious that the Donald Trump
government and the American deep state have decided to curb German
influence in
the area of the western camp
and
prevent decisively the enforcement of German wills in European space.
Today's
vision against the rotten, totalitarian and highly neoliberal German
European Union, which is the most failed experiment of economic and
political union between different nation-states in history, can only
be the equal co-operation of free European peoples and sovereign
independent democratic countries from one end of Europe to the other.
In
closing, I would like to stress emphatically that any short-term
negative effects of Brexit can in no way stand an insurmountable
obstacle in the face of the will of the British people, who
have been trained many centuries with the democratic traditions and
with the precepts of freedom and independence, to liberate his
country from the iron shackles of the European Union. Those who,
moreover, rejoice at the parliamentary hurdles and difficulties that
lie ahead of proud Brexit or are calling for a second referendum in
order to emerge what they want, that is, actually to blackmail
democracy, have to know that the ultimate winner will be the
sovereign people and the decision they took three years ago.
Curriculum
vitae
Isidoros
Karderinis was born in Athens in 1967. He is a novelist, poet and
columnist. He has studied economics and has completed postgraduate
studies in the tourism economy. His articles have been published in
newspapers, magazines and sites worldwide. His poems have been
translated into English, French and Spanish and published in
poetry anthologies,
in literary magazines and literary sections of newspapers. He has
published seven poetry books and three novels. His books have been
published in USA, Great Britain, Spain and Italy.
Email:
skarderinis@hotmail.gr
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Published September 24, 2019
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