🚨🚨"This moment of crisis demands closer UK-EU cooperation: Britain may have left the EU, but when it comes to keeping our continent safe, Europe cannot afford to be less than the sum of our parts." Compelling David Lammy and @kajakallas.bsky.social piece. 🧵
https://www.politico.eu/article/eu-uk-cooperation-crisis-eu-westminister-european-commission/
https://www.politico.eu/article/eu-uk-cooperation-crisis-eu-westminister-european-commission/
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Labour has the numbers and capability for realigning the UK with the EU in a meaningful fashion but will not address the need. Instead, they perpetuate the negative Brexit legacy. Appalling.
I can see the outlines of a cooperation deal happening here
The post-Cold War peace dividend is well and truly over. With our security hanging in the balance, Europeans must now step up to take greater responsibility for the defense of our continent. The seriousness of the moment "
The 'how' is going to be a whole lot more difficult given the reliance on USA suppliers for so much of the UK's and many parts of Europe's defence capabilities...and not simply the hardware. There's intelligence systems to decouple etc
NATO is the cornerstone of collective defense in Europe."
Is this a conscious effort to avoid offending the Trump administration?
Or is it a tacit admission that Europe's era of Pax Americana is over.
Either way, the UK, EU, Norway and Ukraine need to work together to defend our freedom.
By not mentioning them, you’re actually taking away their ammo.
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Perhaps the EU doesn't hold all the cards.
https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2025/03/17/brussels-intensively-urging-member-states-to-start-talks-on-eu-uk-security-pact