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Re:UK exports to EU slashed by 68% since Brexit by corty on Sunday February 07, 2021 @11:37AM (#26056105)
That is true, but changed over time with the changing local political climate. Back in 2004 Angela Merkel was still strictly right-wing anti-immigration, later she drifted more and more left and pro-immigration.
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Re:UK exports to EU slashed by 68% since Brexit by detaro on Thursday February 11, 2021 @04:33PM (#26107595)
2004 Merkel also wasn't in power. And I think it's relevant, because IMHO the years after 2004 lead to the shift in British public opinion that lead to immigration restrictions becoming such a big topic, and pushing politics towards the referendum.
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