![The Globalist show](https://d3dthqtvwic6y7.cloudfront.net/podcast-covers/000/034/185/small/monocle-24-the-globalist.png)
Summary: The UK has been a member of the EU for 45 years but in the end it took the EU27 just 40 minutes to agree to a withdrawal deal. Plus: more domestic woes for Emmanuel Macron as a second week of protests blockade roads and China’s Belt and Road project heads in the direction of scandal.