Blog Post 3 for March 2 Class

     I spent last weekend in Scotland, and I thought that it was very interesting to hear about Brexit from people who are actually living in the affected countries instead of solely from the media. An Englishman around the age of 60 who was sitting beside me on the plane told me that he and many of his friends supported Brexit because they believed that Britain should not be spending so much money on the European Union when the country is having difficulties funding its own National Health Service. However, when I went on a walking tour in Glasgow, the tour guides were two students of the University of Glasgow. They believe that Brexit is a mistake that will have terrible consequences in the future. However instead of further elaborating on that, they quickly changed the subject.
      Last week in one my my classes at the University of Seville, we discussed the EU and Brexit. The professor said that France and Germany were supporters of the EU because they are very strong economically and therefore have a lot of control over the union. The assertion that Germany has a strong voice in the EU is supported by the article that we read for this week's class because the article states that Merkel, the chancellor of Germany, "holds the fate of Europe in her hands." Ironically, Merkel lacks passion for the EU. Although this seems like a negative attribute for her to have, as I read the article further I began to realize that her attitude has many positive effects because it aids her in making objective decisions based off of economics and facts instead of based off of appeals to emotions. Her objective is to prevent Germany from being dragged into the euro crisis, and following the Domino Theory, she has used €400 billion of Germany money to help the euro zone. I am interested to see what decisions she will make in the future and how they will affect the EU.