No Brexit respite for UK as German parties align behind the EU

“Most German voters still have a very hard time understanding why British voters decided the leave the EU,” Christian Odendahl, chief economist at the Centre for European Reform, and research fellow Sophia Besch wrote in a note. “They fail to see how retreating from a club of like-minded democratic countries gives Britain more control.”“Contrary to what readers of the UK news media may believe, Brexit hardly features in the German election campaign,” say Odendahl and Besch.