Yes, that's because ot the Germans the Euro is cheap, but to Greece, Spain, and Italy it's expensive. we could grow our sales outwith the EEC if we were able to subsidise costs, which we cant do now. Even the existing internal market sales, won't all disappear. Especially of we pitch the price right.
We really need to stop looking after others, playing the philanthropist, and start looking after ourselves If we had sole control over our own territorial waters, including the fishing, we'd be a lot better off; and we'd have a resource that the rest of Europe is very short of. UK has the largest percentage of fish stocks of any other EEC country. The Spaniards will always want fish. (Among other countries)