Burnham says he is open to discussing EU free movement
Burnham says Britain should weigh closer EU ties, including free movement, as officials prepare for talks on trade, security and migration options.
- Prime Minister Andy Burnham called for an "honest discussion" about returning to freedom of movement between Britain and the European Union during a Sunday interview.
- Migration dominated the 2016 Brexit referendum campaign, but Burnham suggested the type experienced during European Union membership was "different" from current challenges, involving younger people spending a few years abroad.
- The Prime Minister argued ending free movement reduced access to European data on Eurodac, the biometric database. Major General Duncan Capps told MPs Britain would "very much like to be part of that" to assist border control.
- Shadow Home Secretary Chris Philp rejected the proposal, stating there could be "no return" to free movement, while Nigel Farage called the comments a "betrayal" of Brexit voters.
- Burnham will meet European Union chiefs at a summit in Brussels on November 20, where he plans to lay out different options for a future relationship with the bloc to the British public.
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Britain, under the new Prime Minister Andy Burnham, is once again seeking closer relations with the EU. Labour policymakers want to discuss a return to EU freedom of movement, but with other possible steps he is drawing a red line.
BRITISH Prime Minister Andy Burnham wants to launch a discussion on returning to freedom of movement with the EU to strengthen the economy and relations with Brussels.
UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham said he was open to the reintroduction of EU rules on free movement in future relations between the UK and the EU, according to the UK newspaper Sunday Times and AFP. The Leader of the Labour Party pledged to present different options for closer relations with Europe, ahead of the long-awaited summit between the UK ...
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