BREXIT, A Divided Nation

There was a British Referendum in 2016. The referendum was to decide whether to stay or leave European Union.

The outcome was actually shocking. Leave won by 51.9% to 48.1%.

The referendum turnout was 71.8%, with more than 30 million people voting.

However most people voted to leave the union without knowing the possible consequences.

There raised a question among people in the world afterwards; “Why did the Britain vote for this?”

What were the important factors that made those people want to leave the union?

And “What would happen to Northern Ireland?”

The Prime Minister said that life outside the EU would not be all “milk and honey.”

These words revealed that he was also aware of the consequences like other politicians.

Trade would be the first thing to be affected after Brexit.

There have been some economic arguments that made people nervous since the referendum.

Since Western Europe has a lot of countries with their own trade, immigration, and economic policies,

trying to cope with different rules was very difficult for them.

“The appealing part of the EU was that it made it easier for European countries to share in one another’s prosperity.

But, as with any union, cooperation means weathering downturns together — and that hasn’t always been so easy”,

said Alvin Chang, a journalist from the UK.

The taxes, trading rules, unemployment rate and the situation of Syrian refugees,

are the most well-known reasons of BREXIT.

We don’t know if it will end in a positive or negative way in the end yet,