Brexit: EU opens door for UK return, says it can re-apply for membership

European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker offered a new twist in his campaign to keep Britain part of the EU.

A day after urging British Prime Minister Theresa May to reverse Brexit before it happens in March 2019, the head of the European Union’s executive arm said the UK can always re-apply for membership after departing. Juncker cited the EU treaty’s Article 49, which invites any European state that respects the bloc’s values to apply for accession and precedes Article 50 governing the process for leaving.

“We are not throwing the British out, we would like the British to stay, and