As the Brexit process grinds on, attention elsewhere in Europe is turning to the political dynamics of the EU without one of its most reliably free-market member states. For many years, the UK, both because of its economic heft and the often under-appreciated skills of its civil servants, has led an informal economic bloc pushing for liberalisation in the single market and external trade. Some members, usually including the Nordic nations, have frequently relied on the UK to persuade other states.
隨著英國退歐進程的緩慢推進,歐洲其他國家的注意力正轉向失去了其最可靠自由市場國家之一的歐盟(EU)的政治動態。多年來,英國——由於其經濟實力和經常被低估的公務員能力——一直在領導著一個非正式的經濟集團,推動歐盟單一市場內部和對外貿易的自由化。一些成員國——通常包括北歐國家——時不時地依賴英國去說服其他國家。