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With the UK having left the EU, Dutch MEP Derk Jan Eppink warned France would now capitalise on the power vacuum in the bloc without Britain s presence. In a bold warning, the MEP stated France has also always seen the EU as an extension of itself and will now have a greater influence. Speaking to Express.co.uk, he also expressed his concern for states such as the Netherlands, Denmark and Sweden who relied on the UK s support.
THE EU has been brutally shut down for blockading Northern Ireland with its legal threat to the UK, as a Brexiteer warned the latest row will not fix the protocol .
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The Biden administration has made clear strongmen leaders such as Hungary s Viktor Orban and Poland s Andrzej Duda will not receive the indulgences they enjoyed from the Donald Trump White House and Ms Merkel s autumn exit will see them lose another ally. Mr Orban s ruling Fidesz party is also quitting the largest centre-right political group in the European Parliament after the faction moved towards suspending it over its democratic record.
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