{"id":217761,"date":"2023-12-19T12:09:09","date_gmt":"2023-12-19T12:09:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bestwnews.com\/?p=217761"},"modified":"2023-12-19T12:09:09","modified_gmt":"2023-12-19T12:09:09","slug":"express-readers-have-their-say-on-which-country-will-leave-the-eu-next","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bestwnews.com\/world-news\/express-readers-have-their-say-on-which-country-will-leave-the-eu-next\/","title":{"rendered":"Express readers have their say on which country will leave the EU next"},"content":{"rendered":"

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In 2016, Britain made history as the first country to leave the European Union, setting a precedent for other countries to escape from under the thumb of the bloc.<\/p>\n

A noticeable unease has set in across the EU, and member states have begun to rebel. Countries that were originally led by Europhile leaders have elected more and more anti-bloc politicians.<\/p>\n

Notably, the election of Geert Wilders of the Netherlands last month sent shockwaves through the country and likely through Brussels as well.<\/p>\n

Elsewhere, Marine Le Pen has been snapping at the heels of France’s Emmanuel Macron, as the French elections approach and Giorgia Meloni of Italy continues to stand up to the EU – and other member states – on topics including migration and the Brussels’ human rights laws.<\/p>\n

In recent months, proposed changes to the EU treaty have only worsened the situation as an Italian MEP accused left-wing ‘Turbo-Europeans’ of trying to turn the bloc into a modern-day Soviet Union.<\/p>\n

READ MORE: <\/strong> Which country do you think will be the next to leave the EU?<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Earlier this month, Nicola Procaccini, the co-chairman of the European Conservatives and Reformists group in the European Parliament, also warned the very sovereignty of the EU27 member states was at stake, stressing: \u201cThis is what the 2024 elections will be about.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mr Procaccini was speaking the day before new proposals are put before the assembly in relation to the controversial Spitzenkandidaten system for choosing the President of the European Commission.<\/p>\n

The draft report calls for all European political parties to announce their candidates for the top Commission job at least 12 weeks before election day on June 6.<\/p>\n

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As the EU faces problem after problem, Express.co.uk asked its readers which country they believed would be the next to follow Britain’s lead and leave the EU.<\/p>\n

Perhaps unsurprisingly given the recent elections, one country stood out well ahead of the others.<\/p>\n

According to Express.co.uk readers, Geert Wilders will pull the trigger for the Netherlands as 48 percent of respondents believed his country would be the next to leave.<\/p>\n

The next country expected to leave was Italy, as readers didn’t underestimate Meloni’s power to make a big change.<\/p>\n