The red lines Starmer has are; no single market, no customs union and no freedom of movement. Exactly the same red lines that Theresa May, Boris Johnson, Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak had.
His "reset" seems to be an agreement to have meetings to decide what meetings might be possible in the future to discuss something about reducing paperwork by obeying EU rules.
The EU seem to want a youth mobility scheme that Starmer deems is too close to freedom of movement. The EU want the UK to implement the Withdrawal Agreement properly. There will be a discussion in 2026 on how the TCA is going. The UK will frame this as "negotiation" of some unspecified better deal. The EU will want to just discuss the technical processes of the Trade and Cooperation Agreement and the way it is working.
Nothing to see there really. The UK hasn't told the EU what it wants. No change from the Theresa May era of indecision.
When the UK was in the EU it always wanted to negotiate opt-outs. Now it is outside the EU it wants to negotiate opt-ins. In, out, shake it about for a couple of years. All unlikely to produce anything of substance.
The red lines Starmer has are; no single market, no customs union and no freedom of movement. Exactly the same red lines that Theresa May, Boris Johnson, Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak had.
His "reset" seems to be an agreement to have meetings to decide what meetings might be possible in the future to discuss something about reducing paperwork by obeying EU rules.
The EU seem to want a youth mobility scheme that Starmer deems is too close to freedom of movement. The EU want the UK to implement the Withdrawal Agreement properly. There will be a discussion in 2026 on how the TCA is going. The UK will frame this as "negotiation" of some unspecified better deal. The EU will want to just discuss the technical processes of the Trade and Cooperation Agreement and the way it is working.
Nothing to see there really. The UK hasn't told the EU what it wants. No change from the Theresa May era of indecision.
When the UK was in the EU it always wanted to negotiate opt-outs. Now it is outside the EU it wants to negotiate opt-ins. In, out, shake it about for a couple of years. All unlikely to produce anything of substance.