"Adrian" wrote in message
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On Tue, 29 Oct 2013 15:33:47 +0000, Andy Cap wrote:

Small point I know but neither has ANYONE EVER voted to join the EU.

Well, apart from the UK in the 1975 referendum, of course. Which was 67%
in favour.

Oh, and Ireland and Denmark both also had positive referenda at about the
same time - but Norway narrowly voted no. Austria, Finland and Sweden all
had positive referenda in the mid '90s - Norway voted no again, but was
even closer. Nine of the 2003 accession states had positive referenda,
too, then Croatia last year.

So that's 16 of the current 28 members who did indeed vote to join the EU
- or 16 of the 22 who joined it post-formation. Only one's ever voted
against - with a high point of 53% against.

But - apart from that - what did the Romans ever do for us, eh?

I seem to recall that they keep having a repeat reforendum until they get
the answer they want.
(Ireland and Holland)