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Over in Strasbourg, MEPs are predicting that in the immediate future a lot will depend on the stance of the Labour party.

“We all know that the Tory party is traditionally divided, which is why those of us who feel it is of great strategic importance to the EU that the UK remains are now looking to the Labour party,” said the Greek MEP Giorgos Kyrtsos, a conservative who sits on the European Parliament’s economic and monetary affairs committee.

If the Labour party changes policy, comes out against Brexit and moves in favour of a second referendum it will find solidarity on the European side. There is a growing tendency among MEPS that we should give remainers a second chance. There are European forces, though not organised at this stage, who want to help them. A lot of things depend on Labour’s stance.

Kyrtsos, a member of the European People’s party working group dealing with Brexit, said it was now clear the EU’s more powerful members wanted to be done with Brexit once and for all. He said: