nathalie loiseau, in brussels, welcome to hardtalk. hello.ant to pick you up on something you said yesterday, in fact, you talked of a "brexit madness". how would you characterise this madness? who exactly is mad? well, first and foremost, i would say that, even if we respect the decision of the british people, we still regret it very much because, at a moment in history where there is a need for unity, where we have big powers throughout the globe which are not always supporting of our priorities, the choice of being more isolated and weaker than what the uk is right now is it difficult to understand and, is right now is difficult to understand and, if i was a british citizen, i would certainly ask myself, is it exactly what we wanted that is going to happen? you are obviously not a british citizen, you're a french politician looking at britain. so i'm just wonderin, when you talk about "brexit madness" whether that is your judgement on the first few weeks of boris johnson's premiership, because he is the new factor in all this, isn't he? we

nathalie loiseau, in brussels, welcome to hardtalk. hello.ant to pick you up on something you said yesterday in fact. you talked of a brexit madness. how would you characterise this madness? who exactly is mad? well, first and foremost, i would say that, even if we respect the decision of the british people, we still regret it very much because, at a moment in history, where there is a need for unity, where we have big powers throughout the globe which are not always supporting of our priorities, the choice of being more isolated and weaker than what the uk is right now is difficult to understand and, if i was a british citizen, i would certainly ask myself, is it exactly what we wanted that is going to happen? you are, of course, not a british citizen, you're a french politician looking at britain. so i'm just wondering, when you talk about "brexit madness" whether that is your judgement on the first few weeks of boris johnson's premiership, because he is the new factor in all this, isn't he? well, for quite a long time, the eu 27 have waite