00:00France and Spain say they would welcome the United Kingdom if it ever chooses to rejoin the European Union.
00:07French President Emmanuel Macron and Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez made the remarks as they praised their close relations with
00:14Britain,
00:15saying the UK would be welcomed back with open arms.
00:52Macron, however, said Britain cannot pick and choose which parts of the EU it wants to participate in,
00:58while remaining outside the bloc.
01:01Sanchez, meanwhile, said Britain's decision to leave the EU in 2016 had been a major loss for both the country
01:07and the European Union.
01:28Spain would applaud it and would open the arms again to a brother-in-law with which Spain has such
01:37good relations in all the areas,
01:39also from the human perspective, with the British society.
01:44UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham said Britain is on a path to reset ties with the EU, including eventually rejoining
01:52the bloc.
01:53He said Brexit had done more harm than good, adding that he would present options for their future partnership ahead
01:59of a UK-EU summit in November.
02:01Britain left the EU following a referendum vote in 2016 after more than four decades of membership.
