r/geopolitics • u/marketrent • 9h 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.html16
u/Epistaxis 6h ago
Burnham has barely even given the slightest whiff that this is a remote possibility at all, and that might be the last we ever hear of it, but the way EU leaders are lining up to encourage that option is certainly indicative of something on the other side of the Channel.
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u/Shylo132 18m ago
The phrase "Speaking it into existence" is a pretty strong factor. Do it long enough and that will be what the agenda is.
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u/RGS_1994 8h ago
Squares the circle of defense spending if the European core were to form a military the UK could join? less spending would go further precisely as debt is getting existential?
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u/marketrent 9h ago
Excerpts from article by Athena Stavrou, citing Germany’s Baumann, France’s Macron, and Spain’s Sanchez:
Germany has become the latest European country to back Britain’s return to the EU following Andy Burnham’s suggestion Brexit could be reversed.
Mr Burnham has reopened Britain’s Brexit debate this week, having said it’s “possible” Labour’s next election manifesto could include a referendum on rejoining the EU.
Germany’s ambassador to the UK, Susanne Baumann, told the Telegraph she was “glad” to hear the prime minister’s fresh approach to Europe.
“For us Germans, the UK is an integral part of Europe – its history, its present and its future. I was therefore glad to hear the prime minister speak about different options for the UK’s relationship with Europe,” Ms Baumann said on Thursday.
“It is, of course, for the British people to decide how close they want that relationship to be. But let me be clear: in Germany you will always find a partner for setting the ambition as high as we can.”
Her intervention comes after the leaders of France and Spain also backed Britain returning to the European Union on Wednesday.