“No-one will ever tell me that Brexit is a good thing because as I have always said, in fact, Brexit is only about damage control.”

—  Donald Tusk

Brexit: Donald Tusk says not enough progress in talks https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-41389498 BBC News (26 September 2017)
2011, 2017

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