At a glance: What's in the UK-EU deal?
- On May 19, 2025, the UK and EU agreed to a comprehensive deal covering trade, fishing rights, migration, security, and defence, marking the most significant reset since Brexit.
- The deal followed extensive negotiations, with fishing rights as a key sticking point resolved only after last-minute talks that extended reciprocal EU fishing access to UK waters until 2038.
- Additional agreements include a UK-EU sanitary and phytosanitary pact to ease food trade, a security partnership boosting cooperation in defence and Ukraine support, and plans to link emissions trading systems.
- Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer announced that the government plans to implement tariff cuts at the earliest opportunity, while projections estimate that the reset's initiatives could generate a £9 billion boost to the economy by 2040.
- Despite the deal's breadth, some details remain unclear, such as youth mobility scheme progress, specific implementation dates, and ongoing negotiations on energy cooperation and border management.
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UK And European Union Agree To Post-Brexit Reset Deal
The UK and European Union have reached a new deal setting out post-Brexit relations on areas including fishing rights, trade, energy, and defense. UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer – who has made the Brexit reset a centerpiece of his administration – said Monday’s summit marks a “new era” of relations with the bloc, adding that it is about “moving on from stale old debates” and “looking forward, not backwards”.Some issues have proven thornier t…
Defence, fishing and youth visas: What's in the UK-EU post-Brexit 'reset' deal?
The British government and the EU on Monday struck landmark deals on defence, fishing and food standards in the most substantial reset of relations since the acrimony sparked by Brexit. FRANCE 24 takes a look at the key points of the agreements.
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