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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Jos Stratford" data-source="post: 3367433" data-attributes="member: 12449">As can be shown from many recent actions, individual member states have little influence over policies to be implemented by the entire EU. The likes of Hungary, Slovakia, Poland etc, simply refuse to abide by decisions already made, let alone agree to demands for further action. And EU does nothing about it. Whether UK is in or not in the EU, the UK will not be a driving force in shaping EU environmental policy, but rather global agreements and movements, which the UK will still be part of.Over last years, EU has failed to uphold the standards that itself is supposed to stand for. Further, showing the true rot and desperation of the EU, they now purposely overlook the major human rights shortcomings of Turkey to extract short-term gain, whilst simultaneously engaging in plans that are quite possibly breaking international law. If this is what the EU is today, it sucks.I will personally lose out if the UK leaves the EU, but still I vote in favour of an exit.</blockquote>