EU’s Sefcovic and UK’s Thomas-Symonds have ‘productive’ talks on closer ties The UK and European Union have discussed “concrete ways” to improve ties as part of Sir Keir Starmer’s drive to “reset” relations with Brussels.
Cabinet Office minister Nick Thomas-Symonds and the EU’s trade commissioner Maros Sefcovic met in Brussels in the latest stage of the process to forge closer ties.
As part of the drive to strengthen ties, the EU has pushed for a new youth mobility scheme, allowing under-30s from the bloc to live, work and study in the UK and vice versa.
A UK-EU summit is planned for May 19, where the Prime Minister will host European Council president Antonio Costa and European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen.
Mr Thomas-Symonds, the minister responsible for leading efforts to restore relations with the EU after the strains of the Brexit wrangles, said it had been a “productive meeting”.
