Tusk says Britain will become a ‘second-rate player’ after Brexit
Brexit is the real end of the British Empire, says outgoing European Council president Donald Tusk
13 November 2019 - 23:13
Bruges — Britain will lose influence in international affairs and become a "second-rate player" after it leaves the European Union, European Council president Donald Tusk said on Wednesday.
Backers of Britain's 2016 vote to exit the EU, the world's largest trading bloc, say that the country — the world's fifth-largest economy — will achieve a new global status unshackled from EU rules and closer to the US...
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