With Britain out of the European Union, decision-making within the bloc was supposed to be much easier.
London, which had frequently applied the brakes when it came to a deeper integration of the union, cannot intervene anymore. Hence, the way seemed to be paved for a Franco-German alliance to push ahead with reforms more radical and faster.
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