more-inThe U.K. and the European Union (EU) remain poles apart in their approaches to the former’s impending exit from the bloc. A third uncertainty sought to be addressed in the guidelines is the implication for the union’s external borders arising from Britain’s withdrawal from the common customs union. Ms. May seems to have calculated that a massive majority in Westminster would somehow strengthen her hand vis-à-vis Brussels. But the election that is materially significant to the rest of the bloc is the presidential run-off in Paris on Sunday. One gets the impression that an ill-prepared U.K. will one day discover that it sleepwalked out of the EU.

Source: The Hindu May 03, 2017 16:41 UTC