UK Eurosceptic view: "The Great Lie that Britain would suffer outside the EU"

http://www.dailyexpress.co.uk/posts/view/213817/The-great-lie-that-Britain-would-suffer-outside-EU/

Disputing the key argument of Euro-enthusiasts that quitting the EU would wreck the UK’s trade prospects, economist Ruth Lea said that independence from Brussels meddling would boost the country’s import and export markets. And she pointed to the success of affluent nations such as Switzerland and Norway that have successfully negotiated free-trade deals with dozens of other countries while staying outside the EU.

“If we left the EU, we could negotiate our own special trade deals with countries such as China, India, the US, Canada and New Zealand. We would be able to negotiate our own trade deals, which is something we haven’t been able to do since 1973. At that time, few people understood quite how much we were giving up.”

Ms Lea said the widespread claim that the EU represented an inter­national free-trade zone was a misunderstanding. “The single market means heavy regulation,” she said. “People think the single market is a free-trade area, but it isn’t. “It’s all about harmonisation of regulation.”

Norway, Iceland and Lichtenstein all benefit from the EU single market despite not being members of the union. As members of the European Economic Area, they are able to benefit from a lack of trade tariffs without having to sign up to a welter of EU regulation. Some commentators believe that Britain could negotiate a similar status, remaining in the EEA while quitting the EU.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Global Vision (Ruth Lea is the co-founder) is a British eurosceptic campaign group. The "Parliamentary Friends of Global Vision" cross-party group has 24 Members of Parliament, all of whom are Conservatives, two Members of the European Parliament, both of whom are Conservatives, and 17 Representative peers, of whom ten are Conservative, six are cross-benchers, and one is independent Labour.

They say that the regulatory burden of the EU holds the City of London back from its potential and has a detrimental effect on business. They argue that Britain should leave the EU and negotiate a trading agreement with it...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_Vision_%28UK%29

but not giving .... isn't that wonderful? :sarcasm:

if the EU were in divorce court, the allegation would be "irreconcilable economic differences".

Germany simply will not permit the loose economic policies that are necessary for nations like Greece, Ireland, Portugal and Spain to bring their economies back to health.

completely... and I might add not for the benefit of Germans either... but for the capitalist elites.

The austerity programs coming for Portugal, Spain and Italy will put most of Europe under the control of German bankers for a generation at least (already Greece and Ireland have been suckered in).