Jon Stone
Germany wants a Brexit mega deal
LONDON — Keir Starmer has said he wants a broad new security agreement with the EU. It could end up being very broad indeed.Berlin wants to turn the British prime minister’s proposed security pact into a veritable Brexit mega deal: encompassing everything...
2 months ago
The UK’s Brexit dream is dead
LONDON — British voters head to the polls Thursday for their first general election outside the European Union. But in so many ways, the Brexit dream has already died.All the key Vote Leave characters have left the stage. Five years after winning a landsl...
2 months ago
David Lammy appointed as UK foreign secretary
LONDON — Labour MP David Lammy has been appointed as the U.K.’s new foreign secretary.Lammy, who represents Tottenham in parliament, has shadowed the top foreign affairs brief for his party in opposition since 2021.Britain’s new prime minister Keir Starme...
2 months ago
Brussels questions whether Starmer really wants a Brexit reset
LONDON — Keir Starmer says he wants to “reset” Britain’s relationship with Europe. But two months into his premiership, the EU is starting to wonder whether he really means it.EU officials and diplomats have told POLITICO they are increasingly doubtful th...
1 month ago
EU aims to butter up Keir Starmer with revamp of youth mobility scheme for Brits
LONDON — The EU could modify its plan for a youth mobility scheme with the U.K. to make the idea more politically palatable to Keir Starmer, under an approach being discussed in Brussels.Changes to the original blueprint presented by the European Commissi...
2 weeks ago
Brexit talks are back — forever
BRUSSELS — Keir Starmer and Ursula von der Leyen agreed to hold regular U.K.-EU summits on the future of the cross-Channel relationship.In effect, Brexit talks are back for good.After their first bilateral meeting since Starmer took power, the European Co...
1 week ago