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‘Bye Bye Brits’: European papers herald Brexit day

At 11pm tonight, Britain will finally leave the European Union, after 47 years inside the bloc. And, as expected, many European newspapers chose to mark Brexit day on their front pages.

Le Figaro: ‘L’adieu a l’Europe

Liberation: It’s time

La Croix: See you!

Le Monde: Europe enters the unknown

Die Welt: The British leave. The Germans suffer

El Pais (online): A new era without the UK

Berlingske: Bye-bye, Brits

Algemeen Dagblad: Farewell

Dagens Nyheter

De Tijd

Gazeta Wyborcza: Brexit – a lesson for Poland

Rzeczpospolita: Abandoned Europe

The Irish Times: Britain leaves the European Union not with a bang, but a whimper

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