The UK and the EU are to seal new deals and renew ties 5 years after Brexit - WTOP News

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59% : LONDON (AP) -- The United Kingdom and the European Union are expected to seal new deals on fishing rights and defense as officials meet in London on Monday to discuss closer ties in their first official summit since Brexit.
52% : Since becoming prime minister in July, Starmer has sought to reset relations with the EU, following years of tensions in the wake of the U.K.'s Brexit referendum on June 23, 2016.
52% : Starmer said Sunday that there would be a deal, without providing details, following trade agreements that the U.K. struck in recent weeks with India and the United States.
51% : British Prime Minister Keir Starmer is to hold talks with EU officials, including European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen.
51% : British media reported Monday that officials were set to announce an agreement on fishing access for EU boats in U.K. waters, as well as details on a defense and security partnership.
51% : Starmer, who campaigned for the U.K. to remain within the EU in the referendum and subsequently sought a second vote, has said that he wants a better deal with the 27-nation bloc that will smooth trade between the two sides and bolster security cooperation, including on defense procurement.
48% : There is hope that the agreements could improve the British economy, which has been hit by a drop in EU trade caused by increased costs and red tape after the United Kingdom left the bloc in 2020.
47% : Cabinet Office minister Nick Thomas-Symonds, who is leading negotiations, said that talks with the EU were going down "to the wire.
40% : In its election manifesto last year, Labour said that it wouldn't rejoin the EU's frictionless single market and customs union, nor agree to the free movement of people between the U.K. and the EU.
37% : Starmer knows that he will face likely accusations of "betraying Brexit," whatever the outcome of the talks.
37% : "The reset could still be blown off course by disagreements over how to consolidate existing areas of cooperation like fisheries and/or external factors, such as a negative reaction from the U.S. to the U.K. seeking closer ties with the EU," said Jannike Wachowiak, research associate at the UK in a Changing Europe think tank.
27% : The ever-unpredictable Trump, who has backed Brexit, could also be a potential headache for Starmer.

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