What is the EU ‘inner circle’ and what does it mean for the UK and Brexit? Ask John Rentoul

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More than three years after the UK officially left the European Union, plans for a “four-tier Europe” have emerged.

In a move which could lay the ground for a closer British relationship with Brussels, France and Germany have tabled plans for a new “inner circle” of membership for countries willing to overhaul the bloc.