European Union officials looking forward to a return to normality following the 'crazy Boris Johnson years'
European Union officials looking forward to a return to normality following the 'crazy Boris Johnson years'officials look forward to restoring trust and holding “normal” conversations with a Labour government, but will not grant special arrangements toHowever, the preference in Brussels does not imply that Sir Keir will find it easy-going with the EU after his party’s landslide win in the UK general election.
But he warned that no one should expect a reversal of Brexit any time soon. “We all regret Brexit. We would have much preferred that Britain stayed in the EU. But it has been much less on the agenda.– not many people here are looking that closely at the UK,” he said. “We’re not going to go within a short period back to the close collaboration we had before. But we can start preparing a course that goes more in that direction.
“Special arrangements? I think not,” he said. Nor can the UK assume it will be granted “equivalence” status in market segments, like financial services. Mike Galsworthy, chair of the European Movement UK that aims to reverse Brexit, is also pragmatic about the relationship under a Labour government.
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