Brexit: time for a new European cooperation
The Party for the Animals believes Brexit cannot leave cooperation within the EU unaffected. “The outcome of the British referendum calls for a new period of reflection on the ever onward-rushing train of European integration and transfer of power,” says Marianne Thieme.
Many Britons did not vote against Europe, but against the centralised and not very democratic way in which Europe is governed in Brussels. When it became clear that the euro served as a divisive element rather than a binding agent within Europe, many traditional political parties claimed that a stronger emphasis should be put on accelerated and more intensive integration.
That voters did not share this opinion of the old politics not only became clear during the Dutch referendum on the association agreement, but also from the results of the UK´s EU referendum (Brexit).
In the parliamentary debate on Brexit, the Party for the Animals will request research into new forms of European cooperation, on a political as well as a monetary level.