&gt; Perhaps then should be a referendum to ask the &quot;Euro mainlanders&quot; if they want a UK with the privileges they have.<p>The EU mainlander area&#x27;s <i>elected</i> representatives forged this deal.<p>The privileges the UK sought like the &#x27;red card&#x27; system apply to the whole of the EU.<p>There&#x27;s nothing stopping an EU country from getting the same terms on the integration bit, indeed some countries have done that to varying degrees - Switzerland (EEC), Iceland (EEC), Denmark (own currency), Norway (EEC with EU laws) &amp; Sweden (own currency) &amp; Turkey (customs union)<p>If you&#x27;re a Spaniard don&#x27;t you have to worry about Catalonia?<p>The EU allows states to &#x27;minitiarize&#x27; and devolve down once the trivialities of sovereignty and the &#x27;3 basics&#x27; EEC principles are sorted out