European Union and European Parliament

British voters: But as momentous as that is, British voters will be guiding the course of history in so many other ways, according to The Waterloo Record. They will choose whether to leave and retreat into a narrow and increasingly anachronistic form of nationalism, or remain and embrace a broader kind of transnational humanity. First and foremost, they will decide whether they want Britain to remain in or abandon the European Union, a political entity of 28 member states that offers its own European Parliament, court of justice, bank and even its own flag. They will choose whether to leave and be ruled by fear — primarily fear of the other, of immigrants from less familiar cultures — or remain and show a vote of confidence in values Britain pioneered and championed, which include liberty, human rights and the free movement of people as well as goods. In the interests of Britain, Europe and the planet, we hope the U.K. enthusiastically and overwhelmingly votes "remain." The latest polls, which put the two camps in a virtual tie, show a continued EU membership may not be the outcome. And they will choose whether to leave in a vain bid to reclaim old, vanished glories, or stay and walk confidently with their fellow EU members into a shared future. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.