The U.K. Has Already Opted Out of the ‘Ever Closer Union’ With Europe
But the British May Yet Remain in an EU That Is More Democratic and Stops Obsessing About the Single Currency
On June 23, British citizens will be asked, “Should the United Kingdom remain a member of the European Union or leave the European Union?”
On the surface, this would seem to be a simple yes-or-no question. But what exactly are voters supposed to take into consideration when casting their votes? What does the European Union mean to them? And what exactly does “remaining” or “leaving” even mean, in the context of the U.K.’s ties to the continent? Those were some of the themes explored last night at a Zócalo/Democracy International event …