Nothing is impossible in contemporary politics. But whether so many Europeans really want Britain to stay in the EU,they need to find their voices nowThis is the year to finish Brexit. There will not be another chance. whether by the end of this year the British parliament has approved a transition agreement with the 27 other members of the EU, including the framework for a future trading relationship, or Britain will exit.
This will constitute the most gratuitous (uncalled for; lacking good reason; unwarranted) and consequential act of national self-harm in Britain’s postwar history. It will also do significant long-term damage to the larger project of bringing the countries of Europe together to defend our shared values and way of life in a world increasingly shaped by China,climate change and job-threatening automation. Stopping Brexit is mainly a task for Brits, but it is also, and in smaller fraction,a challenge for fellow Europeans who recognise this truth.
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Source: guardian.co.uk