Many leavers hoped that German business might come to our rescue and persuade the powers to be of the right course of action to take in the course of Brexit. The "they need us more than we need them" belief.
Well, they might be right after all!
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Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer, the new head of Angela Merkel’s party, is the most senior German politician yet to openly appeal to the UK to abandon Brexit. She is among more than two dozen leading figures from German politics, industry and the arts to announce an “unprecedented” cross-party campaign to persuade Britain “from the bottom of our hearts” to remain.
Their affectionate letter to The Times marks a significant shift in Berlin’s tone. It argues that the two countries share an indissoluble bond thanks to Britain’s role in rebuilding Germany after the Second World War.
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https://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/n...tain-55c9tchl2