Yes. I think the whole world shares this problem. The USA, China, ... not only european countries. And forunately it's getting better.

I'm not sure if I share the same view. As france had something like 6% of inflation, the UK hit double digits in 2022, up to 11% if what I find on the internet is correct. Other countries had it a bit worse, I think Germany spiked to about 9%. But the difference by a few percent makes a huge difference for economy. You're right, the Consumer Price Index for the UK and France look eerily similar for the last few years. I wouldn't have expected that.

I mean I'm not sure if this is the correct way to compare this. We don't import our lettuce and groceries from the UK. But Brexit affects us other Europeans as it affects the people from the UK. I personally can feel it since I used to source some electronics components from the UK and buy things from eBay. It's all gone by now. I'm not sure if this had gone on forever since competing against China is difficult. But it was way more convenient to buy for example a used graphics card from the UK than have it delivered from China.