Sara Menai 12:03 p.m., January 01, 2023, amended at 12:05 p.m., January 01, 2023
Two years to the day after the United Kingdom left the European Union, the country is beginning to feel the negative effects of Brexit.
Many economists confirm that the situation has deteriorated and that the country has since been in recession.
For their part, the British seem to have made up their minds.
Two years ago to the day, the United Kingdom left the European Union.
Inflated prices, paperwork, lack of staff and endless negotiations.
The country is concretely feeling the negative effects of its exit from the EU.
A Brexit also marked by incessant political changes.
A real headache for many Britons.
Europe 1 takes stock.
“People realize that it does not work”
Two years after the effective exit of the United Kingdom from the European Union, while it is difficult to measure in figures its concrete effects on the British economy, many economists agree that it has deteriorated the economic situation. of a country on the verge of recession.
Economist Chris Beauchamp prefers to qualify, evoking a more global crisis in a post-pandemic world.
"We are in a world in which prices have suddenly increased due in particular to the pandemic. It is global inflation. It is not just Brexit."
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While there are still a few diehards who hope that one day the UK will return to the EU, many have made up their minds.
"It's a mess and it's sad because there are more and more people in the streets. People realize that it's not working and they're fed up," laments a Briton.
"They've been going around in circles for two years with this and end up where they started," adds a second.
In addition to the country's worrying economic situation, the British have just celebrated their first Christmas without their beloved queen and are preparing for a month of January in which strikes are expected to continue and add to untimely power cuts. .