Boris Johnson is damaging Germany’s goodwill towards the UK

Despite Germany’s long-standing respect for its British partners, the Federal Republic trades more with the EU27 than it does with the UK and it has a profound ideological commitment to European integration that is seldom appreciated in Britain. Charlotte Galpin writes that in this context, Boris Johnson may be doing more harm than good by taking German support towards UK trade for granted.

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ESO: Background information: Britain could have 'special relationship' with EU after Brexit, says German foreign minister http://www.europeansources.info/record/britain-could-have-special-relationship-with-eu-after-brexit-says-german-foreign-minister/

Blog: LSE Brexit, 05.10.16: What’s Germany really thinking? Vince Cable, Simon Hix and Jeromin Zettelmeyer discuss Brexit http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/brexit/2016/10/05/whats-germany-really-thinking-vince-cable-simon-hix-and-jeromin-zettelmeyer-discuss-brexit/

ESO: In Focus: Brexit - The United Kingdom and the European Union http://www.europeansources.info/record/brexit-the-united-kingdom-and-the-european-union/

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