UK Should Develop Closer Defense Ties With Europe, Says Starmer
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The Greenland crisis has made the break between Europe and the US concrete, but instead of clinging closer together, Britain and the continental Europeans led by France remain trapped in old patterns.
Keir Starmer poised for UK to rejoin £100million EU defence pact despite collapsed talks
Sir Keir Starmer has said Britain should consider rejoining the £100million European Union defence pact despite talks collapsing last year.Talks to be a full participant in the programme collapsed in November, after France told the UK to pay £5.7billion into the Security Action for Europe (Safe) programme.Sir Keir told reporters accompanying him on his trip to China: “Europe, including the UK, needs to do more on security and defence. That’s an …
UK Should Develop Closer Defense Ties With Europe, Says Starmer
British Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has said the UK should work more closely with Europe on defense, and he has said that the continent needs to do more to ensure its own security. “I do think on spend, capability and cooperation we need to do more together,” Starmer told reporters on his way to China last week in comments released on Feb. 1. The British prime minister referenced the European Union’s Security Action for Europe (SAFE) rearmam…
Starmer says UK should 'do more' with EU in joint defence
London (AFP) Feb 1, 2026 Britain should "do more together" with the EU on defence, including through a bloc-wide initiative to bolster arms stocks that London has not yet joined, Prime Minister Keir Starmer has said. The comments follow talks for London to access the 150-billion-euro ($174 billion) European Union rearmament loan scheme ending in failure last year amid disagreement over the entry fee. On the sid
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