Comment on EU to hit Apple with €500m fine over antitrust music streaming complaint from Spotify

• Neato@ttrpg.network ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Actually I’m unsure the EU would allow the UK to rejoin without hefty consequences. It would set a bad precedent.

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  • pleb_maximus@feddit.de ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I’m sure they would be allowed back in, why not? But I doubt they’d get all their special treatements back.

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    • Toes@ani.social ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Any of the EU nations I believe have veto authority on adding new members. And there’s a lot of hate for the UK.

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      • WallEx@feddit.de ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Really? Here in Germany I only ever heard that its stupid the UK left, but that’s basically it. Didn’t notice any hate.

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  • TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I’m not so sure. The UK was a big contributor to the EU, not just monetarily, but it also gives the EU more soft power.

    And I think it’d set a good precedent for the EU - look, even a country as wealthy and with as much soft power as the UK left then decided it was a terrible idea. Clearly it must be good to be in the EU!

    That said, geopolitics is geopolitics. Various countries would be trying to carve out any little advantage they can get.

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  • Pringles@lemm.ee ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    You absolutely would, but not on the same terms as before. Those special privileges Thatcher negotiated are gone forever.

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