France

A visit to France’s financial heart showed cherry-picking the City already underway. But even those set to gain would rather UK stay in EU.

To give us a trade deal, Paris wants even tougher “level playing field” conditions than those contained in the miserable “backstop”.

Brexiters promised opportunities for global influence after Brexit. Our allies cutting us out of key decisions is a sign of things to come.

Today scallop fishers have specific rights to fish in French waters. Brexit could torpedo their fisheries access and viability of exports.

When France and Germany applied pressure on Putin over Syria ceasefire, May was nowhere. Brexit is looking like ticket to irrelevance.

As another French president made clear half a century ago, the UK either lives under Europe’s common laws or goes its own separate way.

From robots and submersible drones to literally invisible borders, we wonder how Johnson might follow his inspired Channel bridge proposal.

From Macron to Trump, it’s clear Brexit is putting UK on back foot on global stage. Before referendum we were punching above our weight.

UK will have to pay France more and admit more young migrants to preserve border deal.

Recent reports have highlighted the UK’s current economic problems. Brexit won’t make tackling them any easier.

The French president didn’t mention Brexit but said he hoped Britain would ultimately find its place in a multi-speed Europe.

The UK’s dismal productivity has long been a puzzle. Brexit can only make our performance even worse.