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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Independent and Lauren MacDougall

Voices: ‘Reversing Brexit is not possible – new membership is’: Readers on reality of Britain rejoining the EU

As claims emerge that the EU could fast-track Britain’s return if Brexit were reversed, Independent readers have been debating what that would actually involve in practice.

Much of the conversation focused on the central suggestion that the UK would still have to reapply under Article 49 like any other candidate country, but could move through accession faster thanks to its previous membership and existing alignment with EU rules.

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