In a “love letter to Britain” executive vice-president of the European Commission Frans Timmermans expresses his heart break and respect at the country’s decision to leave the EU. The letter, published in The Guardian, dives into Timmermans time at a British school which has shaped him and his identity as a European, but particularly as a Dutch national. Timmermans is Ursula von der Leyen’s deputy in her role as president of the European Commission and convinced of the European project. “We’re not going away,” he writes in his opinion piece, in which he likens himself to “an old lover.” He expresses his hurt at the rejection of the British using the symbolism of family members quarelling, accepting some of the EU’s responsibility for the messy nature of Brexit and the way all parties dealt with the issue. “Things then quickly get out of hand. We all are also very, very good at that. That is our legacy. That too is who we are,” he writes. Timmermans also points out his appreciation for the challenges the UK has given the EU, saying it “kept all of us in better shape.” In the process of it all he laments that “so much… Read full this story
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