Amid soccer fervour, some England fans look differently at Brexit


Football Soccer - EURO 2016 - Saint Etienne, France -20/6/16 - England fans in Saint Etienne, France. REUTERS/Wolfgang Rattay/File photo

LYON, France (Reuters) - Robert Fawcett has already cast his postal vote for Britain to leave the European Union, but since arriving in France for the European football championship he's suffered moments of doubt.

Mingling with supporters from many countries in the southern French city of Lyon, with the beer flowing freely and the fans singing and dancing in the streets, the 25-year-old engineer from Grimsby, northern England, is feeling a bit more European.

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