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View from the EU: Britain 'taken over by gamblers, liars, clowns and their cheerleaders'

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European commentators weigh in on what Britain’s departure from the EU meansBritain faces an uncertain future as it finally pulls clear of the EU’s orbit, continental commentators have predicted, its reputation for pragmatism and probity shredded by a Brexit process most see as profoundly populist and dangerously dishonest.“For us, the UK has always been seen as like-minded: economically progressive, politically stable, respect for the rule of law – a beacon of western liberal democracy,” said Rem Korteweg, of the Clingendael Institute thinktank in the Netherlands. Continue reading...

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How Covid-19 poured cold water on Netherlands' EU romance

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Dutch opposition to recovery spending has overtones of British disillusionmentIsolated in a recent European Union council...
Dutch opposition to recovery spending has overtones of British disillusionmentIsolated in a recent European Union council of ministers, with attitudes described by European leaders past and present as “repugnant”.It sounds like an old script of Britain in the EU. Yet it is the Netherlands that has found itself at the heart of the union’s most bitter row during the coronavirus pandemic. As EU leaders...
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