<p>Wales’s Relationship with the European Union</p>

Part of 1. 1. Questions to the First Minister – in the Senedd at 2:12 pm on 17 January 2017.

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Photo of Carwyn Jones Carwyn Jones Labour 2:12, 17 January 2017

That’s absolutely true. Brexit is a bit like standing in a restaurant and somebody saying what they don’t want from the menu, then trying to guess what they do want without them necessarily expressing a view on it. As politicians, we’ve all been trying to guess what they want. There are so many different models. For me, it’s always been about making sure that we preserve, protect and enhance the Welsh economy—that is utterly fundamental to my mind—and it is about being a good neighbour. Europe doesn’t do disputes very well; history tells us that. We’ve always been far stronger when we’ve worked together. The European Union was the framework for peace—it was the framework for peace in Northern Ireland, for that matter—and it’s hugely important that that goodwill and co-operation that’s been built up over so many years since the end of the war is not lost as we seek a new relationship with the EU in the future.