Correspondent in London
Rarely has a turning point in the year been such a leap into the unknown for a European country.
By leaving Europe on December 31 at midnight, a departure greeted by the big bell of Big Ben put back into service for the occasion, the Kingdom chooses the
"open sea"
and its unknowns.
Read also: Brexit: how Boris Johnson kept the gun on the negotiating table until the end
If the free trade agreement concluded with the European Union is an undeniable political success for Boris Johnson,
"it is far from being the end of the story"
for the Prime Minister, as the
Times
recalled.
: “Now that he has fulfilled his promise to achieve Brexit, his challenge is to make it a success.
"
For Europeans, the implementation of this text 1246 pages will be a test for battered confidence by months of difficult and tense talks.
After having shelled the European Union, Boris Johnson assured that the United Kingdom would remain
"his friend, his ally and his first market"
.
He predicted the end of a
"sometimes acrimonious and difficult" relationship
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