By GB News (Politics) | Created at 2026-09-30 23:11:55 | Updated at 2026-10-01 00:38:44
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Andy Burnham's dream to rejoin the European Union could be set to crumble due to the changing political climates across the continent.
Think-tank Facts4EU, with Stand for Our Sovereignty and The Campaign for an Independent Britain (CIBUK.Org), drew up two maps which exposed the challenges facing the Prime Minister's bid to rejoin the Brussels bloc.
In the Prime Minister's keynote speech at Labour Conference, he laid out his view that Brexit has "done more harm than good".
He said: "So, I will take the opportunity around the summit to lay out to you, to lay out to the country, what I believe the different options are for Britain’s long-term relationship with our European partners."
Speaking to GB News, Mr Burnham went on to confirm he would consider pushing for Britain to rejoin the EU.
But Facts4EU has found the sea of coalitions across Europe – that were once dominated by centre-right and centrist alliances – might prove to become a problem for the Euro-loving Prime Minister.
In the past, beyond nationalist anomalies, the predictable, liberal parties supported the conservative status quo across the continent.
These days, nationalist parties have a stronger grasp on the region as the moderate centre parties buckle to shifting moods.
Now, a nationalist "dark blue" can be spotted, slicing through what traditionally sustained the EU's smooth operation.
European countries were once dominated by centrist parties, Facts4EU found
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The parties dominating Europe are on the turn, Facts4EU found
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The map shows electoral results which are either "locked in" or projected polling for the next national election in that country.
For instance, several EU member states are due to head to the polls within the next year.
In France, current polling suggests Emmanuel Macron's socialist government will be taken over by Marine Le Pen's National Rally.
The right-wing party currently dominates projections at 34 per cent.
Andy Burnham is planning to take the UK back into the EU
Over in Germany, another key state, Friedrich Merz's centre-right CDU is under threat by the rise of the populist right-wing AfD.
The AfD has already started to win regional state elections while taking the lead in national polls on 27 per cent.
Right-wing populist parties have also risen in popularity across Austria and Czechia.
Lord Redwood told GB News: "The UK Government’s dream of an EU reset that would miraculously boost growth and vanish away the budget troubles was always unlikely.
"Political change on the continent makes it impossible. The EU needs big new tax revenues of its own to increase the spending in troublesome states.
"It wants to strengthen its stranglehold over law-making to head off wayward policies.
"It is out to control what people can say in member states as it tries to block the path of populist parties to power. It sees the AfD and National Rally as threats to its future plans of grabbing more money and power to the centre.
"This means an even tougher set of demands on a weak UK begging to be loved. There will be no wins for the UK, only humiliating surrender to their terms. We will pay more bills and import more from them with no wins for us."
