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🎥 Missed it? Catch up on key takeaways from The Starmer Government and Europe: Resetting Relations in Turbulent Times conference. The highlights here ⤵️
🔗 https://t.co/hqPJny4GUf
📢 Last panel of the day coming up! Join us live: The Starmer Government and Europe: Resetting relations in turbulent times
🎥 Watch here: https://t.co/omnPHPEbE6
#UKEUStarmerEra#UKPolitics#EUrelations
In just a few years, public opinion on Brexit has shifted: half now say it was the wrong decision.
Brexit isn’t a top issue anymore, but cooperation with the EU gains cautious support except on migration & fishing rights, which remain divisive. #Brexit#UKEUStarmerEra
Panel 4: Labour’s Strategy
Tim Bale, John Curtice, Sophie Stowers, Simon Usherwood
Chair: Sara Hobolt
Labour faces polling & policy constraints
Clarity needed on youth mobility, energy, alignment
#UKEUStarmerEra#LabourAndEurope
Panel 3: Dublin & The Hague 🇮🇪🇳🇱
Exploring how Ireland prioritizes trust and Northern Ireland’s stability, while the Netherlands focuses on regulatory coordination and energy cooperation with the UK post-Brexit. #UKEUStarmerEra#BilateralRelations
🇨🇭 From Panel 2: Switzerland walks a fine line with the EU
UK seen as pragmatic partner post-Brexit. "Snowplough theory"? Dead. Starmer = continuity, not rupture. 🇬🇧🇨🇭 financial services deal as a future model.
#UKEUStarmerEra#NeighbourStates#BlueSkyEurope
SAFE requires partnerships with at least one EU state
•65% of funds must stay within EU/Norway/Ukraine
•Raises real questions for the UK—does it know what it's signed up for?
•Poland’s strategic voice matters
#DefenceCooperation#UKandEU#Poland
🗣️ Audience contributions in the discussion:
•EU defence increasingly regionalized (Med ≠ Arctic ≠ Baltics)
•Growing use of bilateral & trilateral formats
•SAFE is a major step: EU enabling defence cooperation with third countries
#EUdefence#SAFEinitiative
📢 Join us live at the conference "The Starmer Government and Europe: Resetting relations in turbulent times."
Watch the livestream here:
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The threat environment is serious — but not “urgent enough” yet to force deep reform.
If Trump returns, UK-EU defence cooperation could move from cautious coordination to urgent necessity. #Trump2Era#UKDefence
🔵 Roundtable: Defence in the Trump 2.0 Era
Speakers: Ed Arnold, Nicolai von Ondarza, Monika Sus, Leslie Vinjamuri Chair: @anandmenon1
UK must navigate NATO uncertainty, EU defence tools like SAFE, and a volatile US role.
#UKEUStarmerEra#DefencePolicy
🇵🇱 Monika Sus: Trump’s return has pushed Eastern Europe toward EU strategic autonomy.
Poland now sees the UK as a core ally.
Defence ties are growing — bilaterally and at EU level.
#Geopolitics#StrategicAutonomy
A new era for UK-EU relations: “This is a turning point — not just in the relationship, but in how Europe builds prosperity and security.”
Keynote by @PedroSerranoEU, chaired by @jillongovt
Focus: Prosperity, defence, security & people ties. 🇬🇧🇪🇺 #EUSummit#UKEUStarmerEra
Implementation won’t be instant:
“There’s a sugar-craving for immediate results. But serious agreements take time.”
Some wins will come this summer, others will need deeper legal work. #EUDiplomacy#BrexitReset
Panel 1: Now Berlin 🇩🇪
Eva Heidbreder on Germany’s stance:
🔄 Not going back, moving forward
🇪🇺 EU-first approach still strong
🚗 Car industry still central
😮💨 Brexit fatigue was real
🤝 But engagement is back on the table - Friendship Agreement
#UKEUStarmerEra#EuropeViews
Panel 1: Paris up first
🇫🇷 Pauline Schnapper: Fisheries, of course. A coalition of the willing.
Is everything wonderful? Maybe not.
Highlights the challenge of UK cherry-picking
Chaired by: @jillongovt#EuropeViews#UKEUStarmerEra