- The European Union's former chief Brexit negotiator, Michel Barnier, has stated the UK would be welcomed back into the bloc, but conditions would be attached.
- Michel Barnier described Brexit as a lose-lose game and suggested building a win-win relationship through cooperation on foreign policy, defence, and artificial intelligence.
- He warned that any reopening of talks must be a sovereign decision by the UK, requiring Prime Minister Andy Burnham and his government to debate their intentions in Parliament.
- The former French prime minister stressed there would be no single market à la carte and warned that the path to accession would be long and complicated.
- Public support for rejoining the EU has reached 61 per cent, with economic estimates suggesting Brexit has wiped up to 8 per cent off UK GDP.
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