Friday, February 10, 2017

Brexit proves that some issues should not be decided by referendum. Agree or disagree?

Democracy involves the vote of the population! Therefore the referendum on the 23rd of June 2017 was a possible way to resolve the political disagreements Great Britain has with the EU. Nevertheless  the result (51,9% to leave the EU) poses that this vote was perhaps not the best solution.

The referendum had many topics: Immigration, Brussel's bureaucracy, Historic xenophobia and of course it was an act of political scheming in Great Britain. But in fact it magnifies the problem of the democracy, because only a "remain" or "leave" did not satisfy the Britons. Many voted at the end to leave, because of fear and disappointment which was easily produced by Nigel Farage and Boris Johnson. This political scheming also overshadowed the content and facts about this campaign, thus the population was unenlightened about the consequences of either "leave" or "remain".

This referendum was a violent reaction to austerity and the economic meltdown of the EU. Great Britain dealed with these issues in a wrong way. They used a thin line to solve their problems. They have not solved their domestic problems yet, but thought to solve their foreign affairs. Furthermore the loud reactions straight after the referendum prove how unsuccessful this political campaign of a failed democracy was and will develop, when they really exit the EU. 


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