Freedom? We have plenty of that inside the EU | William Keegan
by William Keegan from on (#3EF0A)
Out of Schengen, out of the euro, with a budget rebate and still at the top table: we are already 'having our cake and eating it'
The ghost at the feast during the annual Venice seminar held by the Italian government for British and Italian journalists last weekend was the shadow of Brexit. While Italian officials were scrupulously reticent about voicing opinions on the subject, the undercurrents were obvious - not least because the Italians value the UK as an "outward-looking" ally in some of the more introspective discussions in Brussels.
Reports from Davos, too, show bafflement on the part of fellow Europeans and others about the UK referendum and subsequent debate.
Staying in the single market and customs union
The ultimate irony is that, as members of the EU, we have been able to cherry-pick all sorts of concessions
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