MEPs welcome “re-set” in relations between UK and EU
By Martin Banks The Greens have greeted the “start of a journey” it hopes the UK and EU will embark on after they announced a series of agreements which aim to forge closer ties.
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May 20, 2025 Former Minister welcomes possible revival of youth mobility between the UK and EU
By Martin Banks UK PM Sir Keir Starmer, speaking ahead of a summit in London between the two sides on Monday, gave a strong signal that a youth mobility scheme could form part of a new deal with the EU.
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EUROPE
May 5, 2025 EU-UK defence pact could be main deliverable of upcoming London summit
Talks between Brussels and London for a security and defence partnership are ongoing with EU ambassadors scheduled to discuss a first draft put together by the Commission’s External Action Service next week.
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WORLD
March 4, 2025 UK ads target Iraq to deter small boat crossings
The Home Office is launching an advertising campaign in Iraq to try to deter people from crossing the English Channel in small boats. Similar campaigns were launched in Albania and Vietnam by the previous Conservative government in 2023 and 2024. On Sunday, 592 migrants in 11 boats crossed the Channel, according to figures from the […]
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WORLD
March 2, 2025 UK and France to discuss Ukraine plan with Trump, says PM
Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has said the UK and France are to work with Ukraine “on a plan to stop the fighting” with Russia – and will then “discuss that plan with the United States”. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is due at a summit of European leaders, two days after a fiery exchange with […]
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POLITICS
February 7, 2025 More than half of Brits think the UK should get closer to the EU – new survey
By Martin Banks A new survey from the European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR) says that both the European Union and Britain want closer ties.
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CYPRUS
January 12, 2025 UK told to ‘tell the truth’ about Cyprus RAF base links to Israel
THE UK Government has been urged to “tell the truth” about its Cypriot RAF base’s involvement in moving weapons to Israel.
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UK NEWS
January 8, 2025 Our APPG for EU citizens in UK and Britons abroad to relaunch
By Martin Banks The UK All-Party Parliamentary Group on Citizens’ Rights, which looks at issues facing EU citizens in the UK and Britons abroad, has relaunched and will meet for the first time next week.
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EUROPE
December 13, 2024 Some EU citizens in UK “excluded” from vital services – conference told
By Martin Banks Some EU citizens in the UK are being “locked out of exercising their rights”, a conference was told.
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CYPRUS
December 11, 2024 Cyprus and UK leaders express intention to strengthen bilateral relations
Cyprus and the United Kingdom have pledged their intention to strengthen bilateral relations, the countries’ two leaders stressed during a meeting on Tuesday at the Presidential Palace, the first in 53 years since a British Prime Minister has visited Cyprus.
