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The United Kingdom has been a member of the European Common Market and it's successors since 1973, but has always taken a back seat being one of only three EU members to not use the Euro in 2002 and has never shown any interest in Schengen, indeed and unusually all three major British political parties are opposed to the UK's membership of Schengen.

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