Guy Verhofstadt, the European parliament’s Brexit negotiator, said the political chaos caused by Brexit has “provoked a resurrection of attachment to the EU within public opinion”

Brexit has become a cautionary tale on the perils of Euroscepticism that could help to save the European Union from a wave of populism, Guy Verhofstadt said yesterday.

The MEP, a former Belgian prime minister who supports a United States of Europe, has suggested that political chaos over Brexit is now one the most compelling arguments for the EU.

“Fortunately, we have Brexit. It illustrates the populist wave but it has also provoked a resurrection of attachment to the EU,” he told the Ouest France newspaper.

“In Denmark polls clearly say that people do not want to jump ship any more. We see the difficulties, the chaos created by Great Britain’s exit.”

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