Hi Heikki...
Thanks...I agree that unfettered and uncontrolled immigration was likely the factor that pushed this issue over the edge, but it also revealed part of the glaring problem of centralized government when the powerful make rules that affect the lives of others [[as you have pointed out as relates to Finland and it's immigration status within the EU as they apparently tried to push the "refugees" farther and farther north until they eventually reached the North Pole)...As I previously pointed out...essentially three countries are carrying the majority of the load for the entire EU [[with one recently voting to leave). Part of their decision was based on the 59% figure which comes from the House of Commons library which tracks and maintains records and statistics of such matters as relates to the UK. Smaller countries, like Finland perhaps, so long as they are willing to follow the rules and dictates of the larger, more powerful countries, and perhaps relinquish some of their national character for the benefit of the larger Union may perhaps decide the benefits of membership in the EU are preferable to the problems of running their government with complete independence...I would still maintin that the EU of today largely represents the power base of Chancellor Merkel and she will do whatever she sees necessary to hold the EU together...Other countries are seeing some of the pitfalls of sacrificing their independence to serve the greater good of the EU...Certainly the military and security aspects of the EU are a joke, incapable of controlling their own borders, let alone resolving any military conflict whch could arise...and dual currencies remains a problem for many members...In the final analysis...it will be interesting to see if so many countries with a centuries old history of conflict and war with each other, with different cultures, traditions, and governmental structures will be able to accommodate each other in an organization with vast power and control over it's members to either resolve conflict, or ultimately, contribute to it???...