Move to rejoin EU among options for UK, says Burnham
He said 55% of voters back rejoining the European Union, and he will weigh options from a customs union to full membership.
- Prime Minister Andy Burnham stated that the UK must consider all options for its long-term relationship with Brussels, acknowledging that Britain could "go all the way" and propose rejoining the European Union.
- Speaking to media following his keynote address at the Labour Party conference, Burnham declared bluntly that Brexit has done "more harm than good" and contributed to a decade of economic drift.
- The Prime Minister outlined a spectrum of potential models for public assessment, including remaining on current terms, pursuing a customs union, re-entering the single market, or full EU re-entry.
- Burnham committed to laying out a comprehensive options paper ahead of the upcoming UK-EU summit, where leaders are expected to negotiate closer cooperation on trade, industry standards, and immigration.
- Opposition Conservatives criticized the remarks, accusing the government of tearing up previous election commitments and needlessly reopening political divisions over Britain's departure from the bloc.
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According to Burnham, there are several different ways in which Britain could get closer to the Union again.
Almost six years after Brexit, when the United Kingdom left the European Union, a different rhetoric is now coming from London. Andy Burnham has hinted that "rejoining the EU" would be one of the options the government will consider in the future. That he is seriously considering this is also shown by his statement that Brexit has brought more harm than good to the country.
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British Prime Minister Andy Burnham says that all options are on the table for his upcoming review of the British relationship with the European Union. One of them is for the United Kingdom to rejoin the bloc, from which the country left in early 2020.
The British Prime Minister has assured us that Brexit was a mistake and will seek to get closer to the Community bloc.
British Prime Minister Andy Burnham allowed the country to return to the European Union as part of a fundamental re-examination of the relationship with the bloc. British Prime Minister Andy Bernham reported that the government could consider returning the country to the EU, transmitting a political publication. Speaking at the annual conference of the Labour Party in Liverpool, the politician noted that the Conservatorial Agreement on Brexit ha…
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Naslovi.netBritish Prime Minister Andrew Burnham wants a consensus on bringing Great Britain closer to the European Union (EU), even at the cost of re-igniting the sharp divisions that existed over his country's exit from the bloc.
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