Most people in France, Germany, Italy and Spain would support UK rejoining EU, poll finds

People in the EU’s most populous member states were asked if they would support the UK’s return to the bloc. Photograph: Anadolu Agency/Getty Images

A decade after MPs voted to hold the referendum that led to Britain leaving the European Union, a poll has found majorities in the bloc’s four largest member states would support the UK rejoining – but not on the same terms it had before.

The YouGov survey of six western European countries, including the UK, also confirms that a clear majority of British voters now back the country rejoining the bloc – but only if it can keep the opt-outs it previously enjoyed.