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Most Brits favor closer relationship with EU despite Brexit

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According to a Public First poll, 70% of people in the UK support a closer relationship with the EU, including 39% willing to accept some EU rules and 31% favoring cooperation without mandatory compliance.
Even 51% of Reform UK supporters favor rapprochement with Brussels, although the study's authors emphasize that this does not mean a desire to cancel Brexit.

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The survey was conducted after Brexit, which formally ended in 2020, but the question of the UK's future relationship with the EU remains relevant in British politics.

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On average, seven in ten people in the UK wanted the country to have a closer relationship with the European Union (EU). This is evidenced by the results of a Public First survey, Politico reports.

At the same time, 39 percent of respondents said they would support significantly closer cooperation with the EU, even if it required London to again comply with some EU rules. A further 31 percent favored rapprochement with Brussels on the condition that the UK would not be obliged to comply with European norms.

It is noteworthy that even among supporters of Nigel Farage's Reform UK party, known for his Eurosceptic stance, 51 percent favored a closer relationship with the EU. 25 percent of party voters were in favor of further distancing from Brussels.

At the same time, the authors of the study note that supporting closer ties with Brussels does not mean the British desire to cancel Brexit and re-enter the EU.

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