Ten years after Brexit, the UK openly considers a return to the European Union
British Prime Minister Andy Burnham is now openly raising the possibility of rejoining the EU, more than a decade after the referendum that sealed the country's departure.
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More than a decade after the Brexit referendum, which was won by nearly 52% of those in favour of leaving the European Union, the question of a British return to the European fold is once again surfacing at the highest levels of the British state.
British Prime Minister Andy Burnham has openly raised this possibility, saying he does not rule out new membership of the EU. This statement marks an unprecedented step: no British head of government had gone so far on this issue since the 2016 vote.
A tune that had been building for months
This repositioning is not entirely a surprise. For months, voices had been quietly rising within the British political class and public opinion to question the real benefits of Brexit, in what has sometimes been a difficult economic context.
Andy Burnham's statement nevertheless gives new prominence to this debate by bringing it directly to the top of the executive. It remains to be seen whether this opening will translate into concrete steps, or whether it will remain, for now, a declaration of intent designed to gauge opinion before any possible future negotiations.
Sources
- Dix ans après le Brexit, le Royaume-Uni pense ouvertement à un retour dans l'Union européenne — RFI — Français
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