BREXIT VENEXIT
Britain's disillusionment with the European Union (EU) eventually resulted in "Brexit". Essentially "Brexit" implies Britain's "exit' from the European Union for whatever their agenda. This may probably not have been the best move for everyone concerned but that's just my opinion. Probably the greatest benefits that the EU offers member states, is free trade as well as tax exempted trading with other EU members states. This is a boon for the population since it keeps goods and food prices of down. Another boon is unrestricted movement of citizens between all of the EU member countries, which allows for greater educational and job opportunities. But the cost of being one of the 28 members states comes at an enormous cost. In the case of the Britain, it is speculated at a whopping £7.1bn for 2015. The single Euro currency proved to have many problems and contributed to poor economic growth and high unemployment across the European Union which didn't affect the British pound in anyway. But to sum up "Brexit" in a one sentence — an end the over-regulation! As such the EU is at the brunt of controversy.Be that as it may, "Brexit" opened a new "can of worms". It appears that the Brits are not the only Europeans who are fed-up of the Euro prison they found themselves in. Fundamentally the European Union (EU) contradicts what makes Europe, with its multicultural communities and sovereign states unique. The EU also promotes more bureaucracy less democracy by curtailing decision making process at local community level of particular countries. In the case of Greece, forced to accept austerity, which was essentially counter-productive. The EU Common Agricultural Policy also distorted agricultural markets by placing minimum prices on food which invariably led to higher prices for consumers and promoted over-supply. A move totally conflicting the EU tax exempted policy and the EU set the lending rates for banks.
Having said all that, it is evident that the shock-waves of Britain's vote to leave the EU was felt in Venito, Italy. Venito is one of the country's largest and richest areas. It boast a population of more than 5 million, all of whom define their ethnicity as Venetian and considers themselves a minority. As such, the Venetian regional council approved a bill that highlights and recognizes this claim. The primary objective of the bill is to attain secession from Rome and Italy as a whole. This move has subsequently been dubbed 'Venexit'. Experts say such a move is constitutionally illegal, But an informal online vote thus far quote a 89% vote in favor of 'Venexit'.
On another front. As long ago as 1871 a desire to have a united Germany was on the cards and after the fall of the wall, it became a reality but this doesn't seem to be what every German wanted. In Germany, the Bavaria Party called themselves "The official sponsors of Germany", and they've been campaigning for an independent Bavaria since 1946. Bavaria is the largest German state and is the second wealthiest with a population of roughly 12 million. Bavaria as a state, paid more than half of Germany’s inter-state fiscal and paid as much as €16 billion annually to the federal government.
As such the Bavaria Party is campaigning for and independent Bavaria separate from both Germany and the European Union (EU). The Bavaria Party is convinced that "Brexit" would trigger major EU reforms and voiced that the time for a Bavaria referendum has come. The EU must be stuffing up really badly to elicit responses like "Brexit", "Bravexit" / "Bavarexit" / "Venexit" all of which are trending on both twitter and facebook.
Then there is also Catalonia and the Basque region in Spain both seeking independence, which I will refer to as Catalonexit? and basqexit? Spain is a culturally heterogeneous melting pot that resulted from the union of various kingdoms in the Iberian peninsula, each with a distinct culture, with different languages, laws and currencies. Catalonia is a wealthy region and its population feel they are overtaxed which is used to fund lower income areas, and they want to exit. So Catalonia is currently holding a referendum which is something Basque region wasn't able to achieve even after waging an armed struggle for independence from Spain for more than fifty years. The Basque people have an ancient history and their nationalists want self-determination in order to revive their culture and language, which is currently spoken by one in every three of its population, which is roughly one third.
By the looks of things, it appears that the wealthy in Venito, Bavaria, Catalonia, etc, want their independence for financial reasons with the implication that they are not willing to share. Undoubtedly the divide between the "haves" and the "not haves" can only get bigger. Considering the bulk of the European countries especially, France, the UK, Spain and Portugal have made their old money family fortunes during the colonial period by marauding and plundering. Among which are the Du Ponts, Merieux; Decaux; Dassault, Pinault; Bettencourt; Arnault; families, the de Alba; Villar Mir; Andic; Jove; Calvo-Sotelo; Ortega Mera; Roig; Amorim, Espírito Santo and Ortega families.
At the rate at which countries are jumping ship, the billion dollar is who's next. In alphabetical order the remaining EU member countries are: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Republic of Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, and Sweden.
