Rejoining the European Union is used as an analogy for the monarchy debate. The argument assumes that a future accession would require Britain to adopt the euro and suggests that support changes when that condition is raised. A possible exemption is disputed, so the discussion treats the terms of accession as part of the political question. The example illustrates the difference between supporting an abstract proposal and accepting the conditions attached to it.
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How constitutional conditions change opinion questions
The EU comparison argues that asking about a policy's conditions can produce a different response from asking about the proposal alone.