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🇬🇧From Surrender to Strategy: the Quiet Return of EU Co-Operation

A subtler Brexit shift is underway, with Starmer eying deeper EU ties and dodging headlines while hardliners howl and Britain edges back towards pragmatism.

Peter Beckett
May 20, 2025
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European Council President Antonio Costa, UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer, and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen (Photo from Ursula von der Leyen)

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