Britain’s decision to leave the European Union (EU) in 2016 ended a 47 year-long membership but largely came as a result of discontent with EU laws uniting the 27 member states.
However, Britain hasn’t been the only country to voice dissatisfaction over the years. Hungary and Poland have most recently been tipped as next to leave due to certain judicial reforms and funding cuts, although bookmakers have been pricing up three additional countries that could follow.
Dissenting voices on membership inhabit many EU countries, with parties on both the left and right-wing expressing continuous dismay over a number of decisions made by Brussels.
But, despite the EU’s wider laws being unanimously agreed upon by member states, they still stir controversy among countries causing a few to threaten to leave over the years.
Most recently, the EU’s Covid recovery response plans increased tensions with Hungary and Poland late last year, who vetoed the...
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