The citizens of the EU have spoken. We now need to interpret the will of the people and learn political lessons for the next, imminent, stage.
For the first time ever, the turnout rate was actually up: 50%, which is far better than the 42% rate of 2009 and 2014 (see EUROPE B12263A3). For this agency, which encouraged everybody to get out and vote (see EUROPE B12260A1), this is good news. While we await the analysis of political commentators, let us attempt an ‘off-the-cuff’ reading of...