Why do English people dislike European Union?

Question

Why do English people dislike European Union?

Answer 1

Because we are English and will not be dictated to by people who have no idea or care not a jot about the English way of life. The only thing that most of these economically unsound countries are interested in is how much they can squeeze from us in different subsidies. Also we English still have a deep distrust of France and Germany based on the long and terrible wars we have had with both countries,us and our proud country must never prostitute our beliefs and traditions to a coalition that is under the thumb of these two "allies" of ours !

Answer 2

I think it is because we are a proud nation. We basically used to 'own' two thirds of the world, and we dont want to be seen to be giving up everything to Europe. We want to remain a huge world power, which is why I think we are in bed with the americans.

Answer 3

to answer one of the other answers, the English dont consider himself as European, but they are European! lol

Answer 4

Naturally I do not want believe all U.K. feel the same.

But reading answers to this and to my questions on the same subject how to not believe the most are political holigans ?

If they where Italian I used the word "fascist".

I'm confused because the labour party does not seams a nationalist party. May be U.K. are a little ungry because they are no longer an empire.

Never mind, we are in good company with latin nations and germany.

Answer 5

Well yes I do have grave doubts about this grandiose and expensive institution whose members make a fortune in pay and expenses.

Is it worth it? Reluctantly I have to say yes.

Why? Well two EU nations have never gone to war yet and given past history is a benefit worth preserving.

Answer 6

Because they got the short end of the stick. Globalism is a pox on society. I know many people don't believe that there is a New World Order movement, but read the book 1984 by George Orwell.

Rotheschilds, Rockefellers, others are the worlds bankers.

The North American Alliance is coming next.

“If the American people ever allow private banks to control the issue of their money, first by inflation and then by deflation, the banks and corporations that will grow up around them, will deprive the people of their property until their children will wake up homeless on the continent their fathers conquered.” - Thomas Jefferson

Answer 7

When I worked in retail, a Dutch man said we're all Europeans. I told him that he might be but I'm not, I'm English.

Reason being is that I believe in cultures and cultures remain preserved if void of intrusion. All countries should have their own laws and if you wish to experience another culture with their laws, go on holiday there. I don't want a European Government telling countries what to do. Many people died in WWI and WWII to keep countries as they are so I don't want MP's chucking all away.

Answer 8

Maybe because they aren't getting anything out of it, except the fact that it is destroying England?

The EU is one of the most destructive forces on Earth.

Answer 9

i think its because then they would lose that nice picture of the queen on English money.

Answer 10

what they said..... we didnt want to be part of it we were told it was good for us another porky....

Answer 11

Not all of us.

Answer 12

because they  believe they are better than every bury also  like the Americana's  and when they find out they are worse  they try to say sorry but is to late.

Answer 13

I dont think that they hate Eu^ropean but they just want to stay English and not mix their politics with other 27 countries. It makes no sense to put everyone in the same basket even if we are different. Indeed English people do agree with European Union when it come to business but not home affairs especially changing of the political system.

Answer 14

It's an affront to the personal and civil liberties upon which our country was founded.

Answer 15

Would you want France, and Germany having a say in how your country runs I sure as h**l don't. I wouldn't join either. I like sovereignty. Sovereignty to a nation is like rights to an individual. England has everything to lose and very little to gain.

Answer 16

because the european union is a centralisation of power , taking the sovereignty of all our countrys , it is a building block to be joined with other unions such as the north american union , the asia union and the african union to create world government a new world order as the call it NOT GOOD!!!

but this is not the reason the people dont wont to be part of it the reason is immigration it also costs us £1.5 million every hour for us to be part of this union which started off as a trade agreement and morphed into a union and then get given the scraps back . it dictates to us what we should and shouldnt do , but the main reason is because we as a nation feel like were better than all the rest of Europe luckily this saved us from having our currency changed to the Euro , right result wrong reason.

Answer 17

Because they are English not European. And that is pretty much all there is to it I would think. England is f*cked. It isn't England anymore it should now officially be named The Land Upon Which Every Nation of The World Now Resides. They are sick of the intrusion and don't want anymore of it from Brussels.