“And Britain’s elected representatives must learn to speak European, that unique multilingual language in which the advancement of national interest is subtly blended with the historically informed embrace of a shared European future. Is the current British political class capable of this?“
Britain's strategic goal should be to rejoin the EU. But to have a chance, the British have first to understand it. And start a marathon of democratic persuasion…
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A full return will require a marathon of democratic persuasion, on the continent as much as in Britain. For one side holds most of the cards, says Guardian columnist Timothy Garton Ash