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2026-09-30 · DW

France, Spain welcome idea of UK rejoining EU

French President Emmanuel Macron and Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez on Wednesday welcomed the idea of the United Kingdom rejoining the European Union . During a visit to Madrid while meeting with Sanchez, Macron reacted to the idea of a UK rejoin with two words in English: "Welcome back." "If the British want to come back and if the prime minister is moving in that direction, I think that is very good news both for his country and for Europeans," Macron continued in French. At the same time, Macron said the UK cannot take an a la carte approach to its relationship with the EU, while remaining outside the bloc. "You cannot choose between the freedoms of the union and decide to take what suits us and not the rest," he said.

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