5 years since Brexit, Britain and the EU announce fresh ties

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

60% : For some Brits, Brexit means the ability to control their own borders and freedom from foreign regulation in Brussels.
56% : When Britain was part of the EU, anyone from other member states could live and work freely in the U.K.
55% : So what they worked out at Monday's summit was smaller stuff: extending the EU fishing industry's access to British waters for another 12 years, permitting British students and 20-somethings to work short-term jobs in the EU and vice versa, and opening up access for British travelers to use electronic passport gates at European airports.
54% : These new geopolitics have set the stage for renewed ties between the U.K. and EU.
53% : But with a war in Ukraine and the Trump administration rethinking old alliances, Britain and the EU are realizing they may need each other more than they thought. British Prime Minister Keir Starmer welcomed top EU officials to London, including European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, for their first official summit since their breakup.
52% : LONDON -- When Britain and the European Union held their first summit Monday since Brexit, analysts say it was less like a couple getting back together and more like exes realizing they've still got to work together because of the kids.
52% : " Britain and the EU already have tariff-free trade, according to their 2020 breakup agreement.
52% : Under a new deal, EU boats will be able to fish in the U.K. until 2038.
50% : It's one of the things that motivated Brexit.
50% : " Brexit was tumultuous, and bitter.
49% : So it wasn't just like splitting up the record collection," says Jill Rutter, a former top civil servant for the U.K. who worked on Brexit.
49% : Many Britons who voted to leave the EU say they did so because they want to control their own borders, limit immigration and have a say in who can settle in the country.
48% : Since Russia's full-scale invasion, Britain and the EU have been among Ukraine's top supporters.
45% : It's been nine years since Britons voted to leave the EU, and five years since the change actually kicked in.
44% : But with the war in Ukraine and Trump in power, "both sides recognize that it is incumbent on them to show they can put up a common front," says Menon, the political scientist.
43% : Brexit was tumultuous.
39% : "The other is Trump, who's made the whole world's trading environment much more turbulent.
38% : There's also now what some call "Bresignation" -- the idea that even if it was a mistake, Britain is resigned to its fate outside the EU, and there's little appetite for reversing the process.
36% : "So there is a fear on the part of the government that if they go too far, or if they make too much out of this negotiation with the EU, they'll be vulnerable to criticism from the right.
34% : So Starmer, who was against Brexit, says he's doing what he calls a "reset" with the EU.
26% : The U.K. and EU are also both spending more on their own defense amid Trump's calls for NATO members to share the burden of funding and arming the alliance.

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