European Union member states are looking forward to Brexit as they will be able to pursue their plans for further unification of the bloc without obstacles, he claimed. While the details of the future relationship between the UK and the EU remain unclear, the British Government has insisted the country will leave on March 29 as agreed nearly two years ago. American author Chris Dickey suggested that despite attempts to maintain a close link with Britain after Brexit, EU countries "are not sorry" to see the UK leave.
Speaking to France 24, Mr Dickey said: "I think for a long time it’s been obvious that a large part of the European establishment is not so sorry to see Britain go.
"Britain always had one foot in, one foot out. It wanted to make the rules but it didn’t want to abide by all the rules. It basically was playing this game that systematically weakened the efforts to unify the European Union."
The author and Daily Beast foreign editor also issued a scathing assessment of the British Government's handling of the withdrawal negotiations as Theresa May seeks to snatch further concessions from the bloc to win the support of MPs for her withdrawal agreement.
He continued: "They’ve come down to the crunch, as the March 29 deadline approaches, and the Brits can’t make up their mind what they want to do.
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Brexit news: EU member states are allegedly "not sad to see Britain leave" (Image: GETTY)
"They couldn’t make up
