BREXIT. A SAD DAY.
First of
all, we have to talk about which countries in the UK are for and against
leaving the EU. Scotland and Northern Ireland voted against leaving the EU, while
Wales and England voted for it. As a result of this, Scotland and Northern
Ireland want to have referendums to decide if they want to leave the UK or
remain. In the case of Scotland, for example, they want a referendum to leave
the UK and stay in the EU, especially because that was the reason England used to convince Scottish people to
stay in the UK, “If Scotland leaves the UK, they will also leave the EU”. And
in the case of Northern Ireland they would want a referendum to belong to the
Republic of Ireland, which is in the EU.
Secondly,
we have to know the main reasons why they think that it’s better to leave the
EU. Leaving the EU, they reckon that they would make stronger trade deals with
other nations, they would have more freedom to control their national borders
(having fewer problems with immigration) and they also think that they would
restore Britain’s special legal system.
Thirdly, how
will this affect a European country like Spain? On the one hand, this will have
an economic impact: in our commercial trades with England which are really
important for our economy, in tourism (English tourists are the ones who visited
our country the most last year). And on the other hand, it will affect the
Spanish people that are now working or studying in England. Moreover, this will
also affect us at school, because until now, English was the official language
in Europe, but now, we don’t know if it will continue being it.
Another
important problem would be Gibraltar, a little region situated in the South of
Spain that belongs to the United Kingdom and that voted with a 94% to stay in
the EU. They voted for staying in the EU, because its main economic source is
their commercial trades that they do with Europe and England, and now they
could even decide to join Spain.
In my case,
it will probably affect me directly, because in two years’ time I will have to
decide where I’m going to do my Erasmus, and I’ll probably choose Ireland or
Scotland rather than England. For me it’s a sad day, because I love England and
I would have liked them in the EU, but I respect their decision. Nevertheless,
I have travelled to all the UK (except Northern Ireland) and I know that British
people are a bit more arrogant than for example Irish or Scottish (don’t
misunderstand my words) for example having a different currency from EU or a
different manner for driving…, but I would have never expected this. It’s true
that there would also be some advantages, such as the fact that England would
be cheaper. However, as I said before, today is a sad day.
