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Macron welcomes UK prime minister's suggestion Britain could rejoin EU

Thursday, 1 October 2026, 06:12 · 1 min read

French president Emmanuel Macron said "welcome back" in Madrid after UK prime minister Andy Burnham suggested Britain could rejoin the EU, telling the British to "come back" but warning they cannot pick and choose among the union's freedoms; Spain's Pedro Sánchez said Madrid would open its arms to any UK bid. Burnham told Labour's conference that Brexit had "done more harm than good" and outlined options from the status quo to a customs union, single market return or full membership, while EU officials welcomed the tone but said London must define what it wants. It matters because a planned EU-UK summit in Brussels is expected in the second half of November, and the UK's exclusion from the EU's "Made in Europe" subsidy and procurement preferences, which France strongly resists opening to outsiders, is unlikely to be resolved there.

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The Guardian — Macron says ‘welcome back’ to Burnham suggestion UK could rejoin EU ↗︎
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