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Brexit: EU needs 'budget resolution' to help fisheries says Santos
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The UK's decision to leave the EU marks a historic moment not just in the UK but also in Europe, as Britain was a major player in Brussels. When the UK voted in 2016, many were already warning that Brexit could inspire other countries to follow suit, posing a threat to the very existence of the bloc. Margot Wallstrom, then foreign affairs minister in Sweden, said that at the time that the vote "might affect other EU member states that will say: 'Well, if they can leave, maybe we should also have referendums, and maybe we should also leave’”. This warning was echoed just under four years later, in January 2020, when the UK was preparing to officially leave the EU.