UK SECURITY DEAL?
As doubts swirl over the transatlantic relationship, many are eager to step up ties with an outdated buddy: Britain.
Prime Minister Keir Starmer might be again within the fold – no less than for one dinner – as the primary UK chief to attend a European Council gathering because the nation withdrew from the EU 5 years in the past.
Starmer mentioned he wished to work with EU leaders to “crush Putin’s conflict machine” by additional concentrating on Russia’s financial system.
The British chief, who has sought to reset relations after the rancour of Brexit, mentioned he wished to strike a “formidable” safety partnership with the EU.
That would deliver Britain, with its potent army and huge defence business, a little bit nearer.
“We won’t be commentators with regards to issues of peace on our continent,” Starmer mentioned.
However the bitter legacy of Brexit stays.
Quite a few EU diplomats mentioned there can’t be progress till a dispute over fishing rights is resolved and London drops its opposition to a youth mobility scheme proposed by Brussels.
