How did Brexit happen? Why have negotiations with the European Union been so bumpy? And, more importantly, can either party claim to have had the upper hand? Eleanor Spaventa, professor of European Union law at Bocconi, lines up the facts and provides a rare balanced view on such a hotly contested topic.

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0:00 Introduction
2:09 How did Brexit happen?
8:54 The "divorce agreement" and the lack of mutual trust
14:15 The trade agreement and its sticking points
18:33 Where we do not agree: state aid and regulatory alignment
23:51 Shouldn't the UK be free to regulate its own market as it likes?
26:18 A conflict between two conflicting interests
29:55 What the future might be like
33:55 End credits