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Three in five gen Z Britons would like new vote to rejoin EU, poll finds
Jamie Grierson
A generation of young Britons who were locked out of the 2016 EU referendum because of their age now believe that Brexit has failed, with a majority demanding a fresh vote to rejoin the EU, exclusive polling shows.
Gen Z Britons show deep dissatisfaction with the UK’s departure from the EU, according to new polling of 18- to 28-year-olds conducted by the thinktank More in Common and shared with the Guardian.
The data reveals that 60% of this cohort would vote to rejoin the bloc if given the opportunity, compared with 9% who would vote to stay out.
When filtering the results to focus solely on those likely to cast a ballot in a hypothetical second referendum, the margin becomes a landslide, with the pro-EU Remain/Rejoin camp capturing 81% of the vote against just 19% for remaining outside.
Brexit bellwether constituencies revisited 10 years on
If you want to know how people on the ground, in bellwether constituencies, feel about Brexit ten years on, we have something for you.
But let me just say: yeah, they think exactly what you think they think.
“Absolute nightmare, shambles, and still is to this day,” says Tony Rutherford, a decade after he voted leave to save the British fishing industry.
In May 2016, David Milne, the chair of the Scottish White Fish Producers Association, leaned against an EU funding sign on the quayside of Fraserburgh harbour and said he hoped Brexit would allow his industry to “manage our own destiny”, but he now feels their livelihoods were “bartered away”.
For Milne, “control” was the main appeal of Brexit.
We are bitter about it because we haven’t gained any.
Czechia’s Pavel hits back at ‘unprecedented’ decision to exclude him from Nato summit
As expected, Czech president Petr Pavel has filed a complaint against the government’s decision to exclude him from the Czech delegation for next month’s Nato summit in Ankara.
The move comes after the Czech prime minister, Andrej Babiš, said yesterday that the decision to exclude the president was “purely practical,” as he dismissed “an unnecessary” dispute with the president (Europe Live, Monday).
The pair is at loggerheads over Czechia’s defence policy and spending commitments, with the government currently spending less than 2% GDP on defence, way below Nato’s targets, and other political issues.
In a formal response to the government’s decision this morning, Pavel said it was an “unprecedented and extremely unfortunate step,” and a dangerous break from the past convention that saw Czechia represented at Nato summits by the country’s president.
He said that when he attended three Nato summits in the past, he always followed the government’s position, and he would do the same this year.
But “months of public bickering about who will fly where have been seen as an inability of the highest state officials to reach an agreement among themselves,” and “at a time when Nato is dealing with the greatest security threats in the alliance’s history, I consider this an irresponsible approach to our citizens and our allies.”
“This must end,” he said.
Pavel said that he repeatedly put forward compromise proposals that would see him attend the informal part of the summit – a policy discussion – while leaving the budget talks to the government. But he said he received no response or counterproposal from Babiš.
“It is my duty not only to exercise the powers of the President to the fullest extent, but also to defend them. Not for my own sake. But for the sake of all the presidents who will come after me,” he said.
The complaint has now been received by the Constitutional Court, and it will consider how to progress the case tomorrow.
Morning opening: Ten years on
Jakub Krupa
Good morning on the tenth anniversary of Brexit.
Tenth!
Time flies when you are having fun, I guess.
There will be plenty of commentary, but here, at the Guardian, we have gone back to the people who spoke to us 10 years ago with their first reaction after the vote.
Here are their comments. Spoiler alert: it also includes, erm, me.
I will bring you some of the best stories and analyses from our Brexit: ten years ago catalogue throughout the day.
But we also have plenty of other topics to cover in contemporary European politics.
Leaders of the Visegrad Four – the regional grouping of Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia – are meeting in Hungary to revive the group after years of disagreements under Viktor Orbán’s rule.
We are also expecting to hear from the Czech president Petr Pavel this morning as he is due to respond to the Czech government’s decision to block him from attending the Nato summit in Ankara next month.
And there are also continuing heatwaves across the continent, with Jamie Grierson covering the latest for the UK and parts of Europe.
Lots to cover today.
It’s Tuesday, 23 June 2026, it’s Jakub Krupa here, and this is Europe Live.
Good morning.