‘Come back’: EU flirts with UK rejoining – The Latest

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  This is The Guardian.

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  We will continue to see an awful lot of warm words and encouragement.

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  We'd love to welcome you back with open arms, etc.

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  The EU isn't a monolith.

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  It's 27 member states.

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  They will all need to agree.

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  We have elections in Spain, France, Germany, Italy, Poland.

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  Within the next 12 months, the EU may be a very, very different place.

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  From The Guardians today in Focus, this is The Latest with me, Lucy Hart.

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  Our new Prime Minister, relatively new Prime Minister, Andy Burnham,

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  has made no secret about his desire to move closer to Europe.

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  John Henley, you are our Europe correspondent.

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  Europe has always kind of batted this away a little bit or been slightly aloof about,

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  you know, this is our choice, not yours.

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  But the mood feels like it's changing somewhat.

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  Would you agree?

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  Yeah, I mean, it definitely is.

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  I mean, I think, I mean, Europe has always been open to the idea of the UK returning.

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  And that, in fact, you know, European leaders said that pretty much,

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  you know, the day after the Brexit referendum, basically.

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