It has been claimed that the UK proposed a single market with the EU in an effort to forge deeper trade ties. According to an exclusive report by The Guardian, a senior British official presented this idea in Brussels, but the proposal was not accepted. The likelihood of the news being true is high. Firstly, The Guardian is not a newspaper that would publish fake news. Secondly, Prime Minister Starmer has already stated in a previous speech that Brexit is at the root of the country’s economic problems. I
f the government did indeed make such a proposal and suggested a single market with the EU, it is a great suggestion and has a high probability of being accepted. Initially, a few EU countries may have rejected it, but since it is an unusual proposal and has not yet been detailed, this can be seen as quite normal. Whoever made the proposal, it is truly worth considering.
A single market could even be established with a few EU countries like France, Germany, the Netherlands, and Denmark. Perhaps it wouldn’t be an alternative single market to the EU, but the fact that new avenues are being explored is an important step. The likelihood of a large portion of the public saying yes to this is very high.