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For this reason, they were right to expect an electoral campaign that would meet the gravity of what is at stake, with advocates of both\u00a0Leave<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Remain<\/a>\u00a0making an effort to inform voters. Both views are legitimate, and there is no shortage of arguments supporting each side.<\/p>\n

As for us, we would prefer a comfortable victory for Remain, both for symbolic reasons (Brexit would deal a real blow to a stumbling European project and act as a terrible political signal abroad) and because Brexit would unleash a series of negative consequences on the economy and on the freedoms of British and European citizens.<\/p>\n

Instead, what we have seen is an irruption of passions verging on the irrational, particularly in the Leave camp, dominated by the figure of the former Mayor of London Boris Johnson and his political ambitions. The \u2018Brexiteers\u2019 have not thought twice about deploying false or misleading arguments \u2013 like the UK\u2019s contribution to the EU budget, internal EU immigration, or the promise of independence and restored greatness \u2013 to seize hold of a generally ill- or badly informed public and press.<\/p>\n

The Remain camp has brought together Prime Minister David Cameron \u2013 once a sworn enemy of Brussels \u2013 and the leader of the opposition Jeremy Corbyn (one more argument for those accusing the EU of \u201cserving the interests of the elite\u201d). But, faced with such tactics, it has not been able to set the topics of the debate, energise the campaign beyond an appeal to pure pragmatism, or defend the UK\u2019s European vocation and the shared bonds that connect it to Europe. It only takes one further step to argue this proves how little attachment Britons have for the EU, regardless of their political allegiance.<\/p>\n

This toxic climate culminated in the assassination on 16 June of the Labour MP Jo Cox, 41, in front of her office in Birstall, Yorkshire. She had been actively campaigning to keep her country in the EU. Her presumed killer, an\u00a0extreme-right activist<\/a>, claimed his actions were politically motivated.<\/p>\n

After the murder of Jo Cox, the two sides suspended their campaign for three days and seemed to have come to their senses. We must now hope that they will use the final campaign day to honour the gravity of the attack and what is at stake in the referendum. Britons and Europeans deserve better than the shameful spectacle we have seen up to now. As certain\u00a0British twitter users<\/a>\u00a0have put it: \u201cCome on, Britain.\u00a0<\/em>We\u2019re better than that.<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n

This is an edited version of an article first published on\u00a0VoxEurop<\/a>‘s website,\u00a021st<\/sup>\u00a0June 2016.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Cartoon by\u00a0Mohr<\/a>\u00a0(S\u00fcddeutsche Zeitung, Munich)<\/strong><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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