UK and EU Haggle over Key Points Before First Summit Since Brexit
- The UK and EU will hold their first post-Brexit summit on Monday, May 19, 2025, at Lancaster House in London to negotiate key issues.
- This summit follows tense last-minute talks driven by unresolved disputes over fisheries, food trade, youth mobility, and regulatory alignment.
- The UK seeks pragmatic agreements allowing trade facilitation and controlled regulatory cooperation while insisting on sovereign choices and immigration reduction.
- Negotiators report offers including a 10-year fisheries deal in exchange for dynamic alignment on sanitary standards, with the UK agreeing to pay into some EU schemes.
- The summit aims to reset UK-EU relations with a security pact and trade measures, though opposition voices warn of political backlash over perceived compromises.
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EU and UK reach tentative agreement ahead of summit -officials
BRUSSELS (Reuters) -European Union and British negotiators reached a tentative agreement on defence and security, fisheries and youth mobility ahead of a EU-UK summit on Monday, paving the way for British firms to participate in large EU defence contracts, EU officials said. Read full story
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