Brexit

So the Brits have voted out of EU and the columnist thinks it is the biggest defeat EU has experienced and that Finland will lose a good ally.


The Finnish Prime Minister Sipilä says that a similar referendum is not coming to Finland.
- The government and the opposition coalition together will ensure that the project continues. EU has been important for Finland. It is important that the leaders of the EU countries meet regularly to discuss common issues and the crises has highlighted the importance of the joint assembly.


Certainly there has been lots of criticism of EU in Finland. I remember some directive concerning tar and its uses. When we had a summer house close to a lake, the wooden boat had to be tarred at regular  intervals, I loved the smell.


But it seems it is the question of tar sands oil as a fuel, not banning tar as paint.


Anyway, market shares continue going down. There might be an effect on Finnish exports.
People in France and Netherlands want referendums too. There are doom headlines:  "Britain faces the summer of chaos and the autumn of turmoil."