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Comment by surgical_fire

4 days ago

Hungary can leave the EU if it wants. Article 50 exists for this.

If it wants to stay in the EU it has to adhere to the bloc rules. It is not forced to stay in the EU (and, in fact, getting rid of Orban would not be such a bad idea). Hungexit when?

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joe_mamba  4 days ago

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  • dosinga  4 days ago

    Employers and landlords do that sort of thing all the time. Rent goes up, job descriptions change, return to office is suddenly required. And yeah, you can get a different job or a different home if you don't like it.

  • surgical_fire  4 days ago

    > What are you supposed to do when the bloc rules imposed upon you now, are not the ones that were agreed upon when you joined?

    Those rules are not conjured from thin air. They are proposed either by EU commission or EU council, and the national governments have direct participation on both, including veto powers.

    And ultimately, a country can article 50 if the rules are unacceptable.

    > Imagine your landlord or employer changes your contract without your consent and just tells you to walk if you don't like it.

    Depending on the country where you live there are regulations, but employers in particular do that all the time.

    > I'm old enough to see how the EU of today is not the same it was just 20 years ago.

    Age presumably brings wisdom. Not always.

  • layer8  4 days ago

    States joining the EU agree to transfer some of their competences to the EU, in exchange for the benefits that being a member brings. They participate democratically in the EU decisions like every other member state. They even have veto powers in some cases. If they feel that it isn’t worth it anymore, they are free to leave.

woodpanel  4 days ago

Oh we all saw the true colors of the glorious and open and free-to-leave EU when Brits wanted to leave.

  • victorbjorklund  4 days ago

    Yes, they were free to leave. No one stopped them from leaving the free trade area and having the exact same status as any other random country in the world. Or did you mean that Uk wanted to leave EU but keep all the good benefits? Like canceling Netflix and bitching about not being able to watch the latest series.