Bristol mayor targeting the world after Brexit vote

摘要

Bristol's directly-elected mayor has laid out plans to build the city's international profile in a bid to fill the 'post-Brexit vacuum'. In an interview with The MJ 100 days into his term in office, Marvin Rees announced he was looking to 'broker' his own deals with the EU as he looked to develop an 'international strategy' for Bristol. Bristol voted overwhelmingly to remain in the EU and Mayor Rees was the first city representative to visit Brussels in the wake of the UK's vote to leave - a move he described as a 'show of commitment to internationalism'.