French TV presenters asked the same question – with a hint of glee – to British journalists invited to their studios to comment on Brexit. French officials report that applications for French nationality have rocketed as the Brexit deadline – now four months away – has approached. In bars and cafes, Brexit was not the main topic of conversation in France, which has problems of its own. “In accepting the European Union withdrawal agreement, Theresa May has put the greater interest of her country before that of her party and perhaps even her own. No one can imagine that a United Kingdom isolated from the continent can work in the long term and everyone knows that Europe without the UK will no longer really be Europe,” it wrote.

Source: The Guardian November 17, 2018 20:59 UTC