Should the UK leave the EU?

I won't be able to cover all of this in this round but these are some of the EU policies and institutions that affect the UK:

I will just outline some of the benefits of being in the EU and hope that my opponent gives some comparatives in the next round.

In terms of economic trade this has been made much easier by the EU because it has been able to get European countries to agree on common goal and implement international policies. These policies include the single market, common commercial policy, competition law and helped by the trans-European Transport. All of these policies have worked together to improve the ability for european countries to trade with each other and this helps grow the economy of every country making the european bloc stronger as a whole. This means that when countries then trade as the EU this a trading bloc that is capable of competing on the global market with countries like China and the US. This does not stop countries from making their own individual international trade agreements but it means that all the European countries have an increased trading power. This means America and China cannot dominate the markets.

The other positive thing the EU has done is to provide protections and help implement justice irrespective of country. The set out the ECHR and and Area of freedom, justice and security to say that no matter what country we live in, in the EU, as humans we are held to a certain moral code based on our fundamental rights of freedom and choice (these form the basis of all other rights and can analyse this more in the next round if my opponent would prefer that). This means that every government in the EU is held to a high standard of human rights. This means that no matter what the political beliefs of the ruling party discrimination against citizens will not be allowed. This is important to take an international approach to this because human rights should only be dependent on the fact that you are human not on the country you are living in. This also allowed police forces and the intelligence services across the EU to co-operate much easier and this means that international crime like trafficking and drugs can be dealt with more efficiently.

These are two useful things about the EU that Britain would no longer be a part of or be able to influence if we were to leave. At the moment we can influence these policies and get the benefits out of them because we are a part of the EU parliament. One of the issues is that the UK in general believes we should have more of a say or that Germany and France do not respect the Uk's membership. This is partly due to the fact that the UK is already on a negotiated membership which means we do not have to engage with certain parts of the Eu general membership requirements. Other European countries see this as the UK scripting its responsibilities and still getting the rewards. I will leave that there and build that argument over the next rounds. 

So I have shown that the UK gains economic and security growth and protection as a member of the EU. These are positive attributes to the EU membership and I have asserted that the lack of respect that the UK and other EU countries feel is partly down to the "partial" membership of the UK to the EU.

I look forward to the next round.