Even now, with exactly four weeks to go until we leave the EU, some people are still in denial.
Brexit, European Commission vice-president Frans Timmermans declared a few days ago, was ‘unnecessary’, and Britain would ‘always be welcome to come back’.
His words were met with wild applause from the dwindling band of unreconciled Remainers.
But in the wake of the General Election, almost all sane observers can see that the battle is over. At the end of this month, we will be out.
Although the past three years have seen torrents of ink spilled about the implications for Britain, there has been very little commentary about the consequences for the EU.
And although ultra-Remainers like to pretend that any costs will be entirely one-way, the reality is rather different.
On January 31, the EU will lose its second-largest economy, after Germany, and the fifth-largest economy in the world, representing about 13 per cent of its total GDP. It will lose its third most populous state, its most important military power and a significant source of diplomatic and cultural influence.
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