alt Hacker News>If it wants to stay in the EU it has to adhere to the bloc rules.
What are you supposed to do when the bloc rules imposed upon you now, are not the ones that were agreed upon when you joined? Imagine your landlord or employer changes your contract without your consent and just tells you to walk if you don't like it. It wouldn't be legal anyway, but it would also be a dick move. I'm old enough to see how the EU of today is not the same it was just 20 years ago.
@dosinga False. All those examples you gave, require bilateral agreement to be legal. At least in Europe. You can't unilaterally change a contract for both parties.
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States joining the EU agree to transfer some of their competences to the EU, in exchange for the benefits that being a member brings. They participate democratically in the EU decisions like every other member state. They even have veto powers in some cases. If they feel that it isn’t worth it anymore, they are free to leave.
You are free to leave EU just like any other agreement.
> What are you supposed to do when the bloc rules imposed upon you now, are not the ones that were agreed upon when you joined?
Those rules are not conjured from thin air. They are proposed either by EU commission or EU council, and the national governments have direct participation on both, including veto powers.
And ultimately, a country can article 50 if the rules are unacceptable.
> Imagine your landlord or employer changes your contract without your consent and just tells you to walk if you don't like it.
Depending on the country where you live there are regulations, but employers in particular do that all the time.
> I'm old enough to see how the EU of today is not the same it was just 20 years ago.
Age presumably brings wisdom. Not always.
Employers and landlords do that sort of thing all the time. Rent goes up, job descriptions change, return to office is suddenly required. And yeah, you can get a different job or a different home if you don't like it.