UK Calls Time on Brexit Years and Vows Closer Ties With EU

Keir Starmer delivers a speech at the Munich Security Conference, on Feb. 14.

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Prime Minister Keir Starmer said Britain is no longer the country that voted for Brexit and vowed to build a closer relationship with the European Union.

Appearing on stage Saturday alongside European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen at the Munich Security Conference, Starmer said he’ll pursue tighter UK-EU relations on defense and trade “with some urgency.”