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Comment on Macron ‘to make state visit before Trump’ as UK seeks closer ties with Europe

Over these recent months the I think it’s quite clear where we should be focusing our efforts. I can only hope we build a much stronger relationship with the EU.

Do I personally want us to rejoin, definitely!

Do I think we will? Not any time soon.

I certainly think having a relationship like the Swiss or Norway should be a good starting point.

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Flax_vert@feddit.uk ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
Honestly, if the referendum was held after the invasion of Ukraine, pretty sure Remain would have won by a comfortable margin

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solarpunkandrobots@feddit.uk ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
I’m optimistic about it, especially if America continues falling apart and completely undermining the whole point of brexit. The actual public right now is split about 60 / 30 in favour and if thats as durable a change of heart as it looks rejoining is a matter of time and Reform / Tories running out of inexplicably hostile pensioners somewhere around the next 2 elections.

Just don’t build your life around because its still going to take a while even at this rapid pace.

The EU in the future will be a power house with further waves of new members, reforms and integration. Theres no real reason for it to stop within Europe just because that is in the name assuming suitable potential members are to be had across the Med in the future. If the current EU was counted as one state in the stats instead of individual countries it would already the worlds 2nd largest economy.

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