Potrebbe emergere un ripensamento della Brexit. Ma l’Europa teme che Farage possa distruggerla
A Brexit rethink could be emerging. But Europe fears Farage will destroy it
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Potrebbe emergere un ripensamento della Brexit. Ma l’Europa teme che Farage possa distruggerla
A Brexit rethink could be emerging. But Europe fears Farage will destroy it
di coffeewalnut08
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‘A Brexit rethink could be emerging. But Europe fears Farage will destroy it
While the UK is unlikely to rejoin the European Union for the foreseeable future, a customs union could mean a removal of tariffs and other trade barriers on goods and services.
Senior politicians, insiders and diplomats in the EU suggested the ball was now in Britain’s court to come up with a plan. Andreas Schieder, an Austrian MEP involved in earlier post-Brexit legislation, told The i Paper that while many in the EU would be enthusiastic about closer ties, “it’s up to the UK to decide what it wants in its relationship with the EU”.
David Henig (director of the UK Trade Policy Project) warned that creating a customs union would be complex, criticising much of the debate as “simplistic”, driven by politicians who overestimate the UK’s leverage.
Sir Keir Starmer has repeatedly said that rejoining the customs union or the single market would breach Labour’s 2024 manifesto commitments. Downing Street reaffirmed those red lines within hours of Dombrovskis’s comments. Without a formal change in UK policy, Brussels has nothing to respond to.
Yet the noise inside Labour has undeniably grown. Senior figures, including Cabinet ministers and influential backbenchers, have openly floated the idea in recent weeks. Polling suggests strong support among Labour voters. And EU figures, including several MEPs, have said they would welcome a closer UK-EU relationship if Britain wanted one. “Given the circumstances to me, it’s clear that we need to have as strong and profound a relationship as possible,” said Schieder, the MEP.
There is also a broader political reality shaping EU thinking: uncertainty about Britain’s future direction. The prospect of a Reform-led government under Nigel Farage, openly hostile to the EU and prone to unilateralism, looms large in Brussels. “Any prospect of Farage having his hands on any kind of power or government would make us think twice – and should make every Brit think twice,” warns Austrian MEP Schieder.
That risk makes EU capitals wary of offering concessions or embarking on ambitious new frameworks that could be torn up after the next election.’
If they held a vote this week I reckon we would vote to rejoin, regardless if the deal wasn’t as favourable as our previous terms.
It’s so funny when the electorate thinks our prosperity doesn’t depend on good, close relations with our neighbours.
Farage can afford to pick a fight with the EU, because he and his party are run by the richest of the rich. Meanwhile the rest of us will get poorer and angrier.
Also, we don’t hold all the cards in negotiations with the EU. Why would we? We’re a small island that imports half of its food. The EU is nearly the size of the US, and in many respects functions similarly to the US (free trade etc.).
Archived version: https://archive.ph/2026.02.08-131112/https://inews.co.uk/news/world/brexit-rethink-emerging-europe-labour-politics-4210822
The best we are likely to manage is cautious improvements in our relations with Europe, rather than rejoining the EU.
I had been a strong Remainer, but accept the pragmatism of good relations with the EU but from outside.
Brexit seems like it was an act of treason in collusion with an enemy state. It’s pretty clear the Reform/Farage are doing the bidding of Putin. Why’s it not being regarded as such?
Farage will destroy the UK.
Leaving Europe was merely stage 1 in his plan.
At least his far right mates in the EU weren’t as dumb as him.
It may blunt farage’s thrust if rejoining is back on the agenda by the election. So I think when starmer goes the new leader will want to say they are all about getting close to the EU. Then, by election time, labour can create a lot of differentiation with the torys and reform by pledging to rejoin if reelected.
So they can blame brexit and starmer for their shit govt and give people something real to hope for, rejoining the EU, rather than more “let’s make the best of it”.
It might be irresistible to those fighting for the leadership later this year.
Because even after listening to him fucked up the country, the media presents him as the man who will sort it all out.
EU should have nothing to do with the UK until Farage and Farageism is finished.
It’s crazy that it’s getting floated as a good idea for Australia and Canada to join the EU and yet our country is so sadly riddled with misinformation and manipulation from Farage that we are being so left out
https://www.afr.com/policy/foreign-affairs/aussie-workers-to-gain-easier-access-to-eu-under-trade-deal-20260205-p5nzu7
https://www.policymagazine.ca/view-from-europe-the-increasingly-convincing-case-for-canada-joining-the-eu/
Hell no, we fought for this freedom and control of our own borders. Europe can beg is as much as it wants. We had the last laugh.
Tie it up in legal complexity so he can’t destroy it,
I always wonder how the Right-wingers who talk about incompatible cultures with the UK feel about us voting to leave the EU because we wanted less EU immigration here.
Just a decade ago they hated the EU, but since they got what they wanted it appears some of them regret it. I just wonder what percentage of them regret it.
Even if we did rejoin the EU we would be definitely at the back of the queue as one president once said
Okay then, let’s just get rid of Farage. Why isn’t he in jail?
Yeah why would the EU welcome us back when all the polls are showing Farage in power after the next election
49% voted to remain, if there’s any increase on that number than the vote would be in favour surely
As someone that voted to leave, I would now vote to rejoin.
I still think that Brexit could have worked, what i failed to factor in though is how absolutely inept our various prime ministers since the referendum (Cameron, May, Johnson, Truss & Sunak) would be, in an ideal world my preference would be for us to be a member of the single market but without all the EU bureaucracy, unfortunately that isn’t the reality and will most likely never be an option, so if its a choice of staying out of the EU with the current issues we now face as a country, or rejoining the EU, I have to say I think it would be wise for us to rejoin, even though its not my favourite choice, its the most sensible choice.