The EU gave us -the Finns and the British – a new platform, where both countries have worked together daily for our common interests and been like-minded on many issues. The Brexit vote in the 2016 Referendum was a surprise and also disappointment for most Finns. There is still a lot of uncertainty.
Today, more than a year after the Brexit vote, we still don¹t know the overall framework of our future relations. This tells much of the complexity of the situation. But whatever is the final outcome of the Brexit process, Finland and the UK will remain close European partners.