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After Brexit, Britain and Europe embrace ever-closer union
It was the gleaming smiles and mutual backslapping of two 40-something banker bros which signalled a new era of U.K.-EU relations. British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and French President Emmanuel Macron looked like natural bedfellows as they riffed off one another at a friendly Paris press conference in March, announcing a sizeable £478 million package to deter migrant crossings through the English Channel. The contrast with the petty name-calling of the Boris Johnson and Liz Truss eras was clear to see. Sunak’s warm and productive summit with Europe’s most high-profile leader confirmed a more collaborative ... (full story)