So it's over.
The UK has decided: its future will be out of the EU.
It will take some time to understand what this really means.
For the time being, it is a hard day for the Italian stock exchange: never so bad at -12%.
Many commentators say that if there is a positive side to the situation is that finally this is the end of the British anomaly: I want to play with you, but I play according to my rules, not yours.
It is like applying basketball rules while playing football.
Things will not be easy.
Two years ago the Scots voted to stay in the UK, now they have voted to stay within the EU.
What is going to happen?
Northern Ireland is seeing the opportunity to put an and to its century-long separation from the Republic, and has voted en masse for staying within the EU.
London has voted pro EU.
Young people have voted for the EU, but they have voted too little, so their future is going to be decided by old cronies living in lovely cottages in the sounthern counties, or in the dales of Yorkshire.
The Brits love challenges, it seems. And in a way we must admit that they are brave.
For the time being, we can only wait and see.
I wasn't pleased at all when I heard the result of the referendum (checking was the very first thing that I did in the following morning), but I must admit that I am starting to think that it may turn out to benefit the eu, if we were to properly adress the matter. It may benefit especially Italy, seeing that Milan is trying to step in to fill London's shoes in the financial sector.
ReplyDeleteStill, it is a big delusion for the supporters of a united Europe (such as myself):it feels like the European identity, if there ever was such a thing to begin with, is slowly fading. The only positive side of it is that it seems like young people feel European (and I share that sentiment, I must say) but, as you said, many of them didn't vote. But this leaves us with a question: will we see this matter brought up again in a decade?
As a last thing, as a student who was interested in pursuing an academic caree in the UK, I wonder if the quality of british education will be impacted by brexit. Could we see the cultural hegemony of British universities damaged?
So many questions, and not nearly enough answers.