U.K.'s Lack of EU Influence Exaggerated
Simply counting up the number of times the U.K. was outvoted in the European Council tells us nothing useful about Britain’s sway in the bloc, Simon Nixon writes.

Simply counting up the number of times the U.K. was outvoted in the European Council tells us nothing useful about Britain’s sway in the bloc, Simon Nixon writes.
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