UK outside the EU
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Would that make any practical difference? Not even for travel as UK and Ireland are not in Schengen anyway (funny enough, some non-EU countries are in).
There are a few countries outside of the EU in Europe, some doing quite well, I don't see why the UK (or any EU country) couldn't.
Unbeknownst to most Europeans, voting system in the EU changes in 2014 to one brought upon by Lisbon Treaty. Technically, EU will be ruled by 4-5 large countries that represent 50% of the EU population. There will be no room for opposition, it will simply be ignored. Those EU vetoes you hear about? In most areas they are scrapped too.
If UK isn't one of these countries that will keep full control (and it clearly will be a Franco-German coalition), it will have no say in the EU at all.