Starmer Renews UK Bid to Join EU Defense Fund After Rejection
Keir Starmer speaks with soldiers during a visit to a Dutch army training center in The Hague, in June.
Photographer: Kin Cheung/AFP/Getty Images
Prime Minister Keir Starmer said he still wants the UK to join the European Union’s flagship €150 billion ($178 billion) defense fund after negotiations last year ended in failure.
Britain had sought to participate in the first round of the Security Action for Europe program, or SAFE, which allows countries to apply for funding to purchase military equipment as the continent tries to collectively rearm in the face of Russian aggression.