Britain in a slump as the EU enjoys revival

To the Point

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4.4 • 583 Ratings

🗓️ 20 June 2017

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

What a difference a year makes. That's how long it's been since Britain narrowly voted to leave the European Union and go back on its own. But, on both sides of the English Channel, political realities have dramatically changed. Will there be a "hard" Brexit, a "soft" Brexit… or no Brexit after all?

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0:00.0	From KCRW in Santa Monica and PRI, Public Radio International, this is To the Point.
0:08.0	What's the future of Brexit?
0:13.4	Hello again, I'm Armin Alme, and this is To the Point. After Britain voted to leave the European Union last year,
0:19.3	Prime Minister Theresa May insisted that Brexit means Brexit.
0:23.7	But yesterday, as negotiations finally began, her chief representative, David Davis, sounded a different tone.
0:29.7	There's more that unites us than the divisors.
0:34.6	Is that a concession?
0:36.1	Britain's position has weakened,
0:38.0	while the EU is stronger
0:39.3	because of France's recently elected leader
0:41.4	Emmanuel Macron.
0:43.3	Uncertainty about the Trump administration's
0:45.2	foreign policy is also having an impact
0:47.4	in Europe.
0:48.4	Is it possible?
0:49.5	There could be no Brexit at all.
0:52.2	Later on today's talking point,
0:53.5	10 years of the iPhone,
0:55.3	a secret history.
0:56.9	First, here's the news.
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