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Emmanuel Macron’s great Brexit gamble

15 December 2020

1:13 AM

15 December 2020

1:13 AM

There is an intriguing pattern in our relationship with European integration. A Frenchman vetoed our attempt to join. A Frenchman threatens to veto our attempt to leave – or at least to leave with an agreement. General de Gaulle said we were too remote from Europe to join. Emmanuel Macron says we are too close to Europe to leave.

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