Britain will ditch the post-Brexit rhetoric when it announces its defence and foreign policy update on Monday in a time of rising tensions between East and West By michael2day
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and European Commission chief, Ursula von der Leyen. The ‘global Britain’ bombast seems to be on the wane as the PM makes more cooperative moves with our neighbours Britain will ditch the post-Brexit rhetoric when it announces its defence and foreign policy update on Monday in a time of rising tensions between East and West.
In the original March 2021 version of the Integrated Review, written when Boris Johnsn was premier and Liz Truss was foreign secretary, the EU, as an entity, was not even mentioned. Patricia Lewis, the director of Chatham House’s International Security Programme, agrees the government is moving towards a strategy of greater cooperation with Europe.Lancaster HouseSunak, of course, wants to keep Paris sweet as he seeks its help to solve the problem of migrant boats crossing the Channel.
Already in the past few weeks there have been reports that the EU might exclude British firms in its defence contracting, which experts fear would weaken Nato’s cohesion and effectiveness.
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