France’s Macron and Spain’s Sanchez urge Burnham to bring UK back into the EU

• Spanish prime minister Pedro Sanchez has declared Spain would welcome Britain back into the European Union with open arms.
• French president Emmanuel Macron described a potential British return to the EU as excellent news and a good decision.
• Macron cautioned that Britain could not pick and choose which EU rules to follow if it decided to re-engage with the bloc.
• The European leaders made their comments following statements from Andy Burnham, who expressed openness to considering all options for future UK-EU relations.
• Burnham suggested he would consider all options, including proposing to resume full UK membership of the European Union.

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France and Spain urge Britain to rejoin the EU