2016’s Brexit vote brought a surprising unity to the EU27, and that tough stance has not wavered sinceSo will Europe miss the UK when it’s gone? Defence of its stability and interests was its priority, so any Brexit agreement with the UK would be “balanced … in terms of rights and obligations”. Being in the single market “has advantages. “It’s quite simple: German companies care a lot more about the single market than about the British market. “Britain’s strategic error was to threaten the integrity of the single market” by suggesting that full access and frictionless trade were possible outside it, said Lequesne.

Source: The Guardian November 24, 2018 17:02 UTC