[Little Ray]

So, if your nation want to pack up and get out, the EU gets tell what you can pack, and set the conditions. You don’t get a say at all...

[Olog-hai]

That’s pretty much it, yes.

It is scary how much like the USSR the EU is, except for the difference in ideology. Vladimir Bukovsky was right when he made that comparison.

Just for comparison, there was but one article in each USSR constitution (Article 17 from 1936 and Article 72 from 1977 respectively) that declared that “Union Republic(s)” had the right to “freely secede from the USSR” without giving any details as to how it could be done.

[az_gila]

So, if your nation want to pack up and get out, the EU gets tell what you can pack, and set the conditions. You don’t get a say at all...

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3.The Treaties shall cease to apply to the State in question from the date of entry into force of the withdrawal agreement or, failing that, two years after the notification referred to in paragraph 2, unless the European Council, in agreement with the Member State concerned, unanimously decides to extend this period.

Doesn't this sort of say that you are out after two years if no agreement occurs?