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Rishi Sunak Is Privately Drafting Plans to Rebuild Britain’s Ties With the EU
The war in Ukraine and Brexit acrimony is forcing a rethink that risks a backlash from hardcore Euroskeptics in the governing Conservative party.
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Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has privately asked senior ministers and officials to draw up plans for rebuilding the UK’s relations with the European Union after years of acrimony since Brexit.
Driven in part by the fallout from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, senior civil servants have been drafting proposals for how Britain can work more closely with EU nations across a range of policy areas. The work focuses on defense, migration, and so-called economic statecraft which includes issues such as trade, energy and international standards.