Angela Merkel was also criticised (Image: GETTY) "In that original idea of Aesop's, the dominant response in Brussels today and European capitals, Berlin, Brussels, Paris, Rome, is that, 'Well, good riddance to the Brits, now that Brexit has happened we're free from the shackles of the problematic partner in London, and our response to Brexit has been right and proper'. "They will cite three important moves that the EU has made, facilitated and may be occasioned by Brexit. "They will say that the threat of Brexit or the threat of the repercussions of Brexit has caused Angela Merkel to shift her position substantially, to remove Germany from the Frugal Four and to embrace a Hamiltonian moment - the second point, that this is the acceptance of the notion of common debt binding the eurozone.