EU will be winner of Brexit, says minister

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"Europe will be the big winner of Brexit, Germany’s economics minister said, as UK-headquartered companies move to the continent and Emmanuel Macron’s reform push leads to a new “spirit of revival” that will benefit the whole of the EU. 

Brigitte Zypries made the prediction on Wednesday as she revealed the German economy was growing at a faster rate than previously estimated. The government now expects gross domestic product growth of 2 per cent this year, up from a forecast of 1.5 per cent, as Europe’s economic powerhouse continues to charge ahead. The economy will also grow by 1.9 per cent in 2018, she said.

Ms Zypries said Germany’s economic boom had “gained momentum and become more broad-based”. The economy would “also remain on a growth trajectory in the years to come”. “Germany is doing well and the next government must ensure that it continues to do so,” she said at a press conference in Berlin.

The global economic recovery had stimulated German exports and led to an increase in private sector investment: incomes were rising and unemployment falling. The number of people in work had grown by 2.5m during the past four years. 

Philipp Steinberg, the ministry’s head of economic policy, said Brexit would also open the way for a “new political awakening” in continental Europe"

https://www.ft.com/content/7403be80-ae7a-11e7-aab9-abaa44b1e130

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I doubt it

[PartTimeCatdad 588]

big winner or not, UK remains the loser In this situation. Less political influence and slower economic growth 

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Wasn't that like obvious from the beginning?