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The U.K. Doesn't Have a Plan, But the EU Does
Germany and France have proposed an agenda for a closer European Union following Brexit
A storm is brewing.
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It's not clear at this point whether the winners of the Brexit referendum have any kind of plan for ending the U.K.'s membership of the European Union and starting a post-divorce life. None of the "Leave" campaign leaders has taken responsibility for the vote's consequences, including Boris Johnson, the leading candidate to be the next Prime Minister. He claims everything will be as before, except the U.K. won't be subject to EU laws and it'll get to keep the money it has been paying into the European budget. By contrast, the EU has defied its reputation for waffling: It does have a plan, as well as people willing to put their signatures to it.
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