ED ALCOCK / M.Y.O.P. FOR THE WORLD "
FactualWhether they triumph or regret the exit from the EU, newspapers share a sense of relief after the end of a long and painful soap opera. And wonder about the rest.
The UK became the first country to leave the European Union on Friday January 31, after three and a half years of heartbreak. Saturday February 1, the front pages of the British press return to this historic day.
The Guardian come back on "The day we said goodbye" and wonders: “How does a nation say goodbye to its neighbors? With a knot in the throat and a moving farewell song – or with applause and a finger of honor provoking good riddance? "The answer that Great Britain gave at 11 p.m. on Friday, January 31, is: both", estimates the newspaper.
The Times is also saying "goodbye" to the European Union.
"Everyone standing: this is the glorious new Britain", famous for its part the tabloid Daily Express, while the Daily Mail offers a free towel to celebrate Brexit.
The tabloid The sun chooses a word play on expression " make love Not War " : "Make love, not war" becomes "Make leave, not war". And the newspaper returns to the "Promise of success" Prime Minister Boris Johnson's speech an hour before the big jump.
The Daily Telegraph is already in the pipeline: negotiations with Brussels on the future commercial relationship with the European Union: "Johnson is intensifying the pressure on the EU. " "Well, thank God, it's over, that's all I can say", says columnist Allison Pearson.
The Daily Mirror is also interested in the following and headline on the future of a lonely United Kingdom: "Today, our nation is waking up to a future outside the EU. We have been told that this will make our country fairer and stronger. For the sake of everyone who voted leave or remain … now, build Britain as we have been promised. "
The Independent offers a " manual " to succeed in this perilous post-Brexit, from trade to industry, including diplomacy, while i wonders: " And now ? "
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