The first formal EU-UK summit since Brexit is anticipated to yield significant progress in the ongoing reset talks. While specifics remain under wraps, sources suggest announcements on foreign policy cooperation and 'easy win agreements' are likely.
Both UK and EU insiders involved in the reset talks hope and expect there will be an official announcement to make at a summit, which is due in spring. But German ambassador Miguel Berger has signalled his country will be pushing for youth mobility, and for the question of whether the UK will rejoin the Erasmus student exchange programme to be on the agenda.
The first formal EU-UK summit since Brexit next year will be a crucial moment that will set the agenda for what Sir Keir Starmer can achieve in his So far, few details have been ironed out, from the agenda to the venue or the cast list, but the outlines are beginning to take shape for what experts say will be a crucial moment for the reset. Both UK and EU insiders involved in the reset talks hope and expect there will be an official announcement to make at the summit itself, which is due in spring. One EU source suggested foreign policy cooperation was “low hanging fruit” that would be ripe for plucking at the summit and could “pave the way” for the kind of wider security and defence deal the Prime Minister seeks. Both sides have already agreed working groups on Ukraine, the Indo-Pacific, the Western Balkans and hybrid threats. A Whitehall source, meanwhile, suggested the UK was also looking to use the summit to announce “easy win agreements”, before kickstarting negotiations on the “more complex” and controversial areas. They also acknowledged foreign policy and security was the area in which there is the most goodwill and predicted that the summit could see the announcement of some sub-agreements to the wider security pact.But away from this, the gathering, which could take place in London or Brussels or even another European country, and is likely to feature several ministers and their officials talking about different issues, will be closely watched for how the two sides deal with some of the thorniest issue
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