Keir Starmer to attend European Council meeting in wake of US president’s tariff warfare threats
Keir Starmer wants his meeting with EU leaders to focus on security. According to Downing Street, when he meets EU leaders tonight, he will “set out his pitch for an ambitious UK-EU defence and security partnership with a number of steps to increase co-operation on shared threats, and go further on cross-border crime and illegal migration, while delivering growth and security at home”. Rowena Mason has more detail here.
In a statement issued overnight, Starmer said:
We need to see all allies stepping up – particularly in Europe.
President Trump has threatened more sanctions on Russia and it’s clear that’s got Putin rattled. We know that he’s worried about the state of the Russian economy.
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