Most people in four largest EU countries back UK rejoining bloc, poll finds

A decade after MPs voted to hold the referendum that led to Britain leaving the European Union, a poll has found majorities in the bloc's four largest member states would support the UK rejoining - but not on the same terms it had before.

- Jon Henley

The YouGov survey of six western European countries, including the UK, also confirms that a clear majority of British voters now back the country rejoining the bloc - but only if it can keep the opt-outs it previously enjoyed. The result, the pollster said, was a "public opinion impasse", even if there seems precious little likelihood, for the time being, of the UK's Labour government, which this year negotiated a "reset" with the bloc, attempting a return to the EU.

YouGov's EuroTrack survey showed that at least half of people asked across the four largest EU nations - France, Germany, Italy and Spain - supported the UK being allowed to rejoin, with percentages ranging from 51% in Italy to 53% in France, 60% in Spain and 63% in Germany.