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People in the UK, in my opinion, as a whole are extremely indifferent towards Europe. Apart from learning about you briefly in school and visiting you for 2 weeks a year, we have absolutely no modern cultural ties with Europe. Our ties lie with the USA, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. For one simple reason, language. No matter how hard the EU tries and no matter how many interpreters they will employ or no matter how much more they pour money into schemes like Erasmus, Britain will never feel as close to Europe as it does to the other English speaking countries. No other European country has so many speakers of its own language outside Europe (with exception of Spanish, but for some reason they don't really connect with Latin American as the UK does to the Anglosphere) so no European country can understand what its like.
Ask a British person to name a European head of state or a country's capital, the vast majority couldn't give you an answer.
Because we British have gotten so used to living in an English 'bubble', all the music we listen to is English, all the TV shows and films are all English and when we go on holiday to Europe (or anywhere for that matter) there are always people who speak English. We simply find no need to bother learning about other cultures or languages within Europe. Whereas people from Belgium for example have two important languages within their culture so they are naturally much more willing to integrate into Europe.
If going to Australia or the US were the same price as visiting Europe, where do you think the vast majority of Britons would go?
That for me is one of the two main problems for the EU, no common or predominant language (English being the closest understood by 51% of the EU population but because of old rivalries with England, this will never be adopted whole heartedly by Europe) and the fact that because of old rivalries, the countries within the EU will always try to one-up each other, fact.
it is more interesting to talk about the british actitude in america... and specially the FALKLAND ISLANDS (actually MALVINA ISLANDS)... we do not tolerate more european colonialism in america, we do not want more arrogant actitudes from european... we are not inferior to manage our lands... UK has to leave the islands and give them to their owners: native argentinians.
I agree in that the Malvinas are British, they could defend them. A wonderful country is the United States of America, the South American countries should learn much of the United States, I believe that they have done big efforts in overcoming situations that sudamerica it will never overcome, do not know, perhaps the Spanish we must have used the English system of colonization, seeing the results I believe that it would have been the best thing.
Do not despise the South Americans, carlitos. Do not despise others, and you will not be despised. Thanks to the South American, Spanish language is an important language in the world, if not for them, the Spanish language would be a language like Polish, Romanian, without importance worldwide.
My uncle had to emigrate to Argentina in the 60s because in Spain he couldn't feed his family. Who knows if we ever have to migrate to South America?
With that mentality so arrogant some Spanish (not all are like that) are not going anywhere. You are throwing stones on your own roof.
Do not despise the South Americans, carlitos. Do not despise others, and you will not be despised. Thanks to the South American, Spanish language is an important language in the world, if not for them, the Spanish language would be a language like Polish, Romanian, without importance worldwide.
My uncle had to emigrate to Argentina in the 60s because in Spain he couldn't feed his family. Who knows if we ever have to migrate to South America?
With that mentality so arrogant some Spanish (not all are like that) are not going anywhere. You are throwing stones on your own roof.
Sorry, but I personally find more differences between an American and an Englishman than between an Englishman and a European (ie, one Dutch). There is a problem, you can not identify yourself with the average American: its religiosity, its multiracial society, its tax system, it's political system, health, etc.., are basically very different.
For instance, the average Brittish woman probably feel more identified with Marion Cotillard than with Jennifer Lopez. Another example, I doubt that an Englishman feel closer to home in Miami, Las Vegas, LA, than in Amsterdam or Paris. America is a very complex country. It has little to do with England.
Of course, Australia and NZ are basically the same than UK.
What on earth does Latin America have to do with EU attitudes toward Britain?
I agree with wellington!
Get the brits out of here and Maciamo please remove the EU flag from Wellington's post it is offensive to me too.
I like the Brits (I lived there for one year and i loved it) but if they dont want to be part of my family, if they spit in the hand I extend in peace, my family does not need them the least bit.
We continental Europeans along with the holy and proud people of Ireland who evangilized our great continent will recreate the empire of Charlemagne!!!!
A moi Montjoie et Saint-Denis sus a la Perfide Albion!!!!!
We continental Europeans along with the holy and proud people of Ireland who evangilized our great continent will recreate the empire of Charlemagne!!!!!
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