Five European leaders call for closer EU-UK ties ahead of Brussels summit
Source: The Guardian ·
Germany, Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg and Denmark say cooperation on clean energy will benefit both sidesFive European leaders have called for closer ties with Britain ahead of a keenly anticipated EU-UK summit.The leaders of Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg and Denmark, said deeper cooperation on clean energy would benefit both sides in a letter to Ursula von der Leyen and…
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Five European leaders have called for closer ties with Britain ahead of a keenly anticipated EU-UK summit. The leaders of Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg and Denmark, said deeper cooperation on clean energy would benefit both sides in a letter to Ursula von der Leyen and António Costa. Von der Leyen, the president of the European Commission, and Costa, who leads the European Council, will meet Andy Burnham on 20 November in Brussels, where they hope to sign deals on food and drink, carbon emissions and youth exchange. The five countries also want the two sides to speed up work on another strand of negotiations: Britain’s return to the EU’s internal electricity market. “We call on you and the UK to agree during the summit on a path towards the conclusion of these negotiations,” states the letter seen by the Guardian from the German chancellor, Friedrich Merz; the Dutch prime minister, Rob Jetten; Belgium’s prime minister, Bart De Wever; Luc Frieden, the prime minister of…
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