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Old 30-04-2021, 12:36   #783
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Re: Britain outside the EU

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Originally Posted by Sephiroth View Post
Exactly (the highlighted bit only). The author was reflecting on VdL's remarks to the Parliament which included the following remarks - no mention of friendship anywhere: https://www.euronews.com/2021/04/27/...ean-parliament



Quite simply they don't do friendship. Many other important countries do.


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Charles De Gaulle - No countries have friends, only interests.
I don't understand why the author of that article is so incensed at was so obviously going to happen. We leave, we are treated as a third country. It's literally what people voted for wasn't it, or was there an expectation that we would be treated differently from other third countries? If so, that's what trade deals are for.
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