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I'm absolutely clear that we do want a reset ... with Europe, a reset with the EU,
That will be ambitious, it will be wide-ranging, covering trade, the economy, defence and many other issues,
I am delighted that Keir Starmer has announced that he will seek a fresh start in his relationship with the European Union,
Scholz said at a joint press conference alongside Starmer Wednesday If you want legal immigration, you have to limit irregular migration so that the country is not overwhelmed. This can and must be achieved without calling international agreements, European law or the constitution into question. We owe this to the victims of Solingen.”
We have massively expanded controls at the German borders and will continue to do so for as long as possible,
We must turn a corner on Brexit and fix the broken relationships left behind by the previous government,
We have a once-in-a-generation opportunity to reset our relationship with Europe and strive for genuine, ambitious partnerships that deliver for the British people
During his trip this week, the PM is expected to say Everyone knows that Keir Starmer did his very best to stop Brexit, even calling for a second referendum when the will of the people had already been made very clear
Ex-Conservative MP David Jones, a former Brexit minister, told MailOnline They are more or less on the same page
Asked what Mr Scholz would like from the meeting, Mr Schmid said The UK is well placed to tap into the fastest growing markets and sectors of the future
In his Sky News interview, Mr Jenrick added But we do not have plans for the youth mobility scheme but we do have plans for a closer relationship between us and the EU as part of that reset.”
He said in a press conference in Berlin Clearly, we always encourage allies to continue the crucial support of Ukraine,
a spokesperson for Starmer said ahead of the visit That does not mean reversing Brexit or re-entering the single market or the customs union, but it does mean a closer relationship on a number of fronts,
the prime minister said at a press conference after talks with Scholz So it’s that familiar story of needing and the public wanting spending on infrastructure, but there being constrained finances to do that,
Ainsley said, describing the dynamic as “a big takeaway.” I think we know how much Germany was upset about Brexit from the very start, and really misses this partner … France as well, but not to the same extent,
But the context to all of it, underneath all of that, will be, how can the center left command more secure majorities, given that the story so far from Germany, from Australia, from the U.S, is that the center left can win again — but actually, that’s only half the battle,
said Claire Ainsley, Starmer’s policy chief between 2020 and 2022 On climate change, there might be some warnings on what can happen if the leadership doesn’t get it right,
she told POLITICO, referring to electorally unpopular measures taken by Scholz’s government to tackle emissions The lesson that you take from that is that voters, and their cost of living, really need to be at the core of any environmental policies. In actual fact it’s going to be detrimental to send any kind of message that voters should be paying for climate policies,
They are two socialists; they are also two technocrats; they will want to learn from each other,