Have the article learn by OpenAI (Beta). Please word that AI translations might take a while to course of.Brussels (dpa) – European Fee President Ursula von der Leyen welcomed UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer to Brussels on Wednesday with an invite to work nearer collectively in “very unsure occasions.”
“Like-minded companions like us should cooperate extra intently,” von der Leyen mentioned, itemizing their shared beliefs on combating local weather change and supporting Ukraine towards the full-scale Russian invasion.
Starmer is within the Belgian capital for his first go to in an effort to reset relations with the European Union after a fraught relationship in the course of the earlier Conservative authorities.
The Labour prime minister mentioned he needs to “make Brexit work” for the British public and put relations with the bloc on a extra steady footing to spice up British financial development and safety pursuits.
“In harmful occasions, we now have an obligation to work collectively to protect stability and safety,” he mentioned. Starmer additionally recognized migration as an space the place there was scope for cooperation with the EU.
No return to the EU’s customs union or single market
How Britain hopes to enhance ties with the EU nonetheless stays unclear. A British authorities assertion dominated out returning to the EU’s customs union, single market or accepting the bloc’s freedom of motion guidelines for EU residents.
Von der Leyen emphasised that the EU and Britain have a set of agreements in place after Britain left the bloc that require a “full and trustworthy implementation.”
The European Fee president and the British prime minister condemned the ballistic missile assault on Israel by Iran collectively and referred to as for calm to cease battle spreading within the Center East.
Starmer mentioned all events should “pull again from the brink” and discover a method to de-escalate. Von der Leyen repeated the EU’s name for a ceasefire in Gaza and on the Lebanese border. (2 October)
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