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Jun 23, 2026
Mark Leonard
Those who follow only intergovernmental negotiations or debates in the media might think that nothing has changed in the decade since the United Kingdom's voters decided to leave the European Union. Yet new polling finds that large majorities on both sides of the English Channel now support re-engagement.
BERLIN—It is only partially a coincidence that the tenth anniversary of the Brexit referendum—the event that provoked a toxic polarization of British politics—was marked by another political casualty: the resignation of UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer.
