Ask any British lawyer about Brexit and, as with the rest of the U.K.’s population, you are practically guaranteed to hear strong views of some kind. Repeat the same exercise in Paris, and you are as likely simply to receive a shrug.

Unlike in the U.K. where many lawyers on both sides of the debate have questioned their government’s handling of the process, French lawyers are broadly approving of French President Emmanuel Macron’s increasingly tough attitude to Brexit negotiations.