DECRYPTION – The first visit by a British leader to Brussels since Brexit was aimed at “resetting” relations. But the Europeans were waiting for Starmer around the corner.
Correspondent in Brussels
We have not seen a British Prime Minister in Brussels since Boris Johnson in December 2020, when he came to finalize the Brexit agreement, which entered into force a month later. His conservative successors Liz Truss, then Rishi Sunak, did not see fit to return to this hated European capital. The new Labor leader Keir Starmer, elected at the beginning of July, made this symbolic trip on Wednesday to « reset » the relationship between his country and its largest trading partner. He successively met Ursula von der Leyen, President of the Commission, Charles Michel, President of the Council, who will leave office at the end of the month, and Roberta Metsola, President of the European Parliament.
Keir Starmer proposed « leave the Brexit years behind us »pour « establish a more mature and pragmatic relationship with the European Union ». A nuance compared to…
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