EU chief mocks France for excluding UK from £130bn pact over Brexit row

Emmanuel Macron BLOCKING crucial UK peace plans over Brexit row as France makes demands

A UK-France defence partnership to shore up support for Ukraine is being stalled over fishing rights, the EU's foreign affairs chief has said.French and British military chiefs have been thrashing out plans for a peacekeeping force in Ukraine if a potential peace deal with Russia comes to pass - but once again, France has demanded access to UK waters.Since Labour's General Election victory last summer, the Government has talked up a "relations r…

EU chief mocks France for excluding UK from £130bn pact over Brexit row

EU access to the UK's waters for fishing has become a sticking point amid Keir Starmer's plans to strengeth relations with the EU.

From Brexit to breakthrough? The future of EU-UK cooperation

This week, Mark Leonard is joined by Mujtaba Rahman, managing director, Europe, at Eurasia Group, to explore the evolving dynamic between the EU and the UK. With a new British government under Keir Starmer and shifting global currents, what are the real opportunities—and constraints—for a meaningful reset in EU-UK relations? Mark and Mujtaba discuss the urgency of deeper cooperation on security and defence, the complexity of trade relations, and…