Not to forget, that the 70s was a time of economic crisis across the world, so taking the Italians in, was quite a commitment

When I went accross to Greece, my skill was that I spoke English. The Islands I worked on were real melting pots of Nationality and English was the common language as it is here

but did I get benefits? not have to learn any Greek?

expect to eat British Food?

did I pay for my accomidation?

did I have a job?

was I schooled by the Greek Government on speaking the language?

and I'm a EU Citizen and I was born that way

Your point being? You are trying to compare yourself to an immigrant or refugee. You come from a stable country, with what I assume is a decent life and home, you are not in a desperate situation where you come with nothing. Hence you don't need benefits or payed accommodation. You didn't learn the language because you didn't want to, and because you didn't need to. But if you were to live there and work full time, then you would have, and not doing it would simply be a detriment to yourself and the community. You went to work to Greece, because you had the choice to do so. Most of the refugees and immigrants that risk their lives to get to the shores of Europe, come with nothing, and leave from nothing. They don't have a choice, they come with the hopes of trying to start anew.

I did learn the language

my Skill was I spoke English Fluently so I could speak to everyone

but my boss was Greek and had very little English

so I needed to

and then you get 'Refugees' been in sweden 5 years. Can't even say Hola in Swedish

I atleast picked up phrases along the way

Haram

Totally to eat local food and speak the language I guess

I was only born a Citizen of this Federal Shithole and this dude over here who can't spell his name wasn't

Imagine if I could learn Italian faster than a 'Refugee' (I'm partially deaf)

I got the basics already

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Isnt the uk like the 2nd or 3rd largest economy of the eu? Seems a no deal hurts both groups. But that leaves all the bargoning power in the uk hands especially since trump already said he would back a no deal brexit

We have swaped with France for decades

but Italy is 4th

and you can imagine what 1st is

Italy is 4th and I refer to my pre-mentioned Itialy Youth employment numbers

The UK has been seeing a consistent negative balance of payments, meaning that it is an import economy. This isn't a major problem when you import goods and services from within the common markets, since it's tax free. But it will become a huge problem once they leave it and have to pay the additional import tariffs. As of 2016 the United Kingdom had a negative trade balance of $235B in net imports. As compared to their trade balance in 1995 when they still had a negative trade balance of $31.6B in net imports.

Pretty much all of its trade comes from the EU, with the exception of its second two largest trade partners, the US and China. The UK exports 5% of its goods to China and 9.8% of its imports come from China. The UK exports 14% of its goods to the US, and 7.5% of its imports come from the US. However, this is dwarfed by the amount of trade that happens with EU member states

55% of its exports go to Europe, and 60% of its imports come from Europe

with non EU states being quite negligible with the Exception of Norway and Russia

So a no deal Brexit would very much harm the UK economy in the short to long run, as it will it have to immediately face the massive import costs, which will lead to inflation and a stagnation of the economy

cool little thing on import/export: https://atlas.media.mit.edu/en/profile/country/gbr/#Destinations

haha, that's where I get my stats from 😄

It's a great site

😛 i was just wondering on the numbers, this is from MIT in the US so i guess they have no stake in this, no idea how valid their data is though

You can always go dig up official government records, but this is easier and faster

Atlas media also displays the sources

thing is, on export, if there is tax on the UK, the continentals will have higher prices on the goods

on stuff like cars this obviously impacts sales, but on food ands such i dont know what it would do otehr than rasie prices for people