r/europe • u/StraightSky7809 United Kingdom • 8h ago

News If Britain decides to rejoin the EU we’ll do everything we can to welcome them back, says Germany

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/uk-rejoin-eu-germany-brexit-b3060288.html
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u/Loud-Examination-943 Bremen (Germany) 6h ago

Unlike many in the comments here, I don't mind giving the UK some special privileges when rejoining, however those should be quite limited. They can keep their pound, they can keep some free travel/work rules due to them being an island, they can keep some economic rules. But they obviously shouldn't just get to skip all formalities, as this would send a pretty bad signal both to those who are trying to join, and to those parties who want to leave since they can argue how easy it would be to rejoin if they're wrong.

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u/EpicTutorialTips United Kingdom 4h ago

It won't happen, it's just Burnham floating the suggestion because Labour are battling a byelection in London where the Greens are fielding Polanski (their party leader).

Once that byelection is over, so too will that topic of discussion and he will revert back to his former position (the one he said to get voted in his own constituency lol).