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Former Brexit negotiator likely urges new UK PM to abandon reset in relations
Lisa O’Carroll
Meanwhile, old Brexit negotiationKeir Starmer must abandon much of his reset with the EU if Andy Burnham becomes prime minister, David Frost has said.
especially should cancel plans, including food and beverage deal It was designed to reduce red tape for British exporters to the EU.
Keir Starmer and his team speaking at the Changing Europe conference in the UK Did not think through “reset” procedures properly and it was a mistake to pursue agreements that would force the UK to be prescriptive rather than prescriptive.
“I don’t think those advocating a reset thought it was properly thought through,” he said of the outgoing UK leadership. “They didn’t think enough about the choices and processes,he said.
“I think my advice to Andy Burnham would be: if you need to continue the reset…then don’t succumb to the new laws“Do not go ahead with SPS, ETS, electricity,” he said, referring to the Sanitary and Phytosanitary or food and beverage agreement, the Emissions Trading System (alignment on charging carbon emissions involved in production).
These are “elements involving EU law”, he said, adding that “if Burnham has to go on with Erasmus and other things” on the cultural side, including youth mobility, “try to convince us that our resources are being used well”.
His These remarks came a day after the EU postponed a summit with the UK government planned for July 22 Agree on SPS, ETS and youth mobility.
Talks on youth mobility were until recently deadlocked by Britain’s refusal to accept the EU’s demand that EU citizens should be able to study at UK universities on the basis of home tuition fees.
Frost said he was “skeptical that this is the right time” to strike a youth mobility deal and “give Europeans concessions that we don’t give to others”, such as tuition fees.
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Three-fifths of Gen Z Britons want new vote to rejoin EU, poll finds
Jamie Grierson
A generation of young Britons who were left out of the 2016 EU referendum because of their age now believe Brexit has failed, with a majority demanding a new vote to rejoin the EU, private polls show.
The show of Generation Z Brits Deep dissatisfaction with Britain’s departure from the EU, That’s according to a new survey of young people aged 18 to 28, conducted by think tank More in Common and shared with the Guardian.
The data reveal that 60% of this group would vote to rejoin the bloc if given the opportunity. compared to the 9% who would vote to stay out.
When the results are filtered to focus only on those most likely to vote in a hypothetical second referendum, the gap becomes a very large one, with the pro-EU Remain/Rejoin camp receiving 81% of the vote, while the margin for stay out received only 19%.
Brexit key constituencies revisited after 10 years
If you want to know how people in key constituencies feel about Brexit a decade later, we’ve got something for you.
But let me just say this: Yes, they think exactly what you think you think.
“It’s a total nightmare, it’s a mess, and it remains the same today.” says Tony Rutherford Ten years after he voted leave to save the British fishing industry.
In May 2016, David Milne, The chairman of the Scottish Whitefish Producers’ Association leaned against an EU funding sign on the docks of Fraserburgh port and said he hoped Brexit would allow his industry to “manage our own destiny” but now felt his livelihoods were being “traded away”.
According to Milne, the main appeal of Brexit was “control”.
We are sorry about this because we did not win anything.
Czech Pavel responds to ‘unprecedented’ decision to exclude him from NATO summit
As expected, Czech Republic President Petr Pavel has filed a complaint against the government’s decision to remove him from the Czech delegation at next month’s NATO summit in Ankara.
Movement comes next Czech prime minister Andrej Babiš said yesterday that the decision to dismiss the president was “purely practical”. He denied an “unnecessary” disagreement with the president (Europe Live, Monday).
Couple disagreed over the Czech Republic’s defense policy and spending commitments, The government currently spends less than 2% of GDP on defense and other political issues; This is far below NATO’s targets.
Inside An official response to the government’s decision this morning, Pavel said this was an “unprecedented and extremely unfortunate step” and a dangerous break from the past congress. The Czech Republic was represented at NATO summits by the country’s president.
He said that he always followed the government’s stance when he attended three NATO summits in the past, and that he would do the same this year.
However “Months of public wrangling over who will fly where are seen as top government officials failing to reach an agreement among themselves” and “I see this as an irresponsible approach to our citizens and allies at a time when NATO is dealing with the greatest security threats in the history of the alliance.”
“This must endhe said.
Pavel said this He repeatedly put forward compromise proposals that would allow him to attend the informal part of the summit – a policy debate – while leaving budget negotiations to the government. However, he said he did not receive any response or counter-offer from Babiš.
“This is my duty Not only to use the President’s powers to the fullest, but also to defend them. Not for my own sake. But for the sake of all the presidents who will come after me,he said.
Complaint has now been handed over to the Constitutional Courtand how the case will proceed will be discussed tomorrow.
Morning opening: Ten years later
Yakup Krupa
Good morning to the tenth anniversary of Brexit.
Tenth!
I guess time flies when you’re having fun.
There will be many comments but here at the Guardian, we went back to the people who talked to us With their first reactions after the vote 10 years ago.
Here are their comments. Spoiler alert: also includes: thing, I.
I will do it Brexit: a decade ago we bring you some of the best stories and analysis from our catalog throughout the day.
But we also have many other topics to cover In contemporary European politics.
Leaders of the Visegrad Four, consisting of the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia, meet in Hungary Reviving the group after years of disagreements under Viktor Orbán’s rule.
us too I’m waiting to hear from the President of the Czech Republic, Petr Pavel, this morning. He is expected to respond to the Czech government’s decision to bar him from attending next month’s NATO summit in Ankara.
And there is also Ongoing heat waves on the continent, with Jamie Grierson Covering the latest developments for the UK and parts of Europe.
There’s a lot to cover today.
His Tuesday, June 23, 2026his Yakup Krupa here and this Europe Live.
Good morning.
