'Pragmatic' approach could reap 'ambitious' UK-EU deal: Starmer
- London will host the inaugural summit between the UK and the EU since Brexit on May 19, with the goal of finalizing a new post-Brexit agreement.
- This summit follows domestic political pressures, including concerns over immigration and recent electoral losses to the anti-EU Reform UK party.
- Prime Minister Keir Starmer indicated the government will take a serious, pragmatic approach on issues like food standards, youth mobility, and dispute resolution via the European Court of Justice.
- Starmer emphasized the importance of maintaining high food safety standards and expressed the UK’s readiness to contribute financially for access to EU defense initiatives, while aiming to strengthen cooperation on security, trade, and economic matters.
- If successful, the talks could produce an ambitious deal reflecting new realities in trade and security while addressing domestic sensitivities about immigration and sovereignty.
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‘Pragmatic’ approach could reap ‘ambitious’ UK-EU deal: Starmer
A "pragmatic" approach to talks on food standards, youth mobility and European courts could yield an "ambitious" post-Brexit deal between the EU and UK, Prime Minister Keir Starmer said in an interview published Saturday by The Guardian newspaper. London and Brussels are hopeful of signing a deal at the first UK-EU summit since Brexit, which

'Pragmatic' approach could reap 'ambitious' UK-EU deal: Starmer
A "pragmatic" approach to talks on food standards, youth mobility and European courts could yield an "ambitious" post-Brexit deal between the EU and UK, Prime Minister Keir Starmer said in an interview published Saturday by The Guardian newspaper.
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