Two months after taking office, Keir Starmer has left the Republic Ireland – as the first British Prime Minister in five years. Starmer and his Irish counterpart Simon Harris expressed their shared desire for a “fresh start”. He wanted to “use the opportunity to renew the friendship between our two countries,” said Starmer. Specifically, the two heads of government discussed economic and security policy issues.
Relations between Ireland and Great Britain has been clouded since the majority of British voters voted for their country to leave the EU. As a result of Brexit, the border between the Republic of Ireland and the British province of Northern Ireland has become an external border of the EU.
Although Starmer Britain’s re-entry into the EU, its internal market or a customs union. However, he would like to renegotiate elements of the trade agreement that Britain concluded with the EU after Brexit. He wants to use this to strengthen the British economy.
A first “British-Irish summit” has been agreed for March next year to intensify cooperation on issues such as security, climate protection, trade and culture, Starmer’s office said. This means that the social democratic Labour Party is back in power in Great Britain for the first time in 14 years. Before that, the conservative Tories were in power.
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