{"id":3297,"date":"2026-04-01T13:11:24","date_gmt":"2026-04-01T13:11:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/3297\/"},"modified":"2026-04-01T13:11:24","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T13:11:24","slug":"britain-wants-closer-ties-with-the-european-union-after-damage-done-by-brexit-and-trump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/3297\/","title":{"rendered":"Britain wants closer ties with the European Union after damage done by Brexit and Trump"},"content":{"rendered":"

The British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said today, Wednesday, that the global instability caused by the Iran war<\/a> means Britain should align more closely with European allies on security and economy, following repeated criticism from U.S. \u200cPresident Donald Trump<\/a>.<\/p>\n

At a press conference \u200baimed at easing \u200cpublic concern over rising costs, Starmer said \u200cthe impact of the war would \u201cdefine us for a generation\u201d and could be similar to the \u200bincrease in energy prices in the 1970s. Starmer outlined plans for another summit with the \u200bEuropean Union<\/a> in the coming weeks that he \u200csaid he hoped would undo some of the \u201cdeep damage\u201d done by Brexit<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is increasingly clear that as the world continues down this volatile path, our long-term national interest requires closer partnership with our allies in Europe,\u201d Starmer told reporters \u2060in Downing Street. Trump on Tuesday again criticised European countries that refused to join the war against \u200bIran, \u200bcalling out Britain \u200cand France, as transatlantic relations deteriorate from the conflict that has driven up energy prices.<\/p>\n

The president warned Britain and other countries to \u201cstart learning how to fight for yourself\u201d \u200cbecause the U.S. \u201cwon\u2019t be there to help you anymore\u201d. After Trump was elected in 2024, Starmer tried to position himself as a conduit between Europe and the United States. But their relationship has publicly deteriorated over Starmer\u2019s refusal to join the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran.<\/p>\n

Starmer \u2060initially denied a request from the U.S. \u200cto attack Iran from two British bases, but later agreed to allow what he calls defensive missions aimed at protecting residents of the region, including British citizens. Asked about Trump\u2019s criticism, Starmer \u200bsaid \u201cthe U.S. and UK are close allies \u200cand \u200chave been for a very, very long time\u201d and he would act in the British national interest \u201cwhatever the pressure on me.\u201d<\/p>\n

Starmer did not announce any new policies to help households with soaring energy and fuel costs, but he did say that Britain would this week host meetings \u2060with \u200ballies aimed at opening the Strait of Hormuz, and 35 countries were now involved in efforts. Foreign Minister Yvette \u200bCooper will host a meeting of the group later this week to assess diplomatic and political measures to reopen the Strait, the \u200cprime minister said, but he acknowledged it would not be easy nor immediate following de-escalation in the conflict.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said today, Wednesday, that the global instability caused by the Iran war…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3298,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[157,13,2152,361,1469,2156,2153,2154,1093,2155,462],"class_list":{"0":"post-3297","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-britain","8":"tag-brexit","9":"tag-britain","10":"tag-british-expats","11":"tag-donald-trump","12":"tag-european-union","13":"tag-latest-headlines","14":"tag-majorca","15":"tag-mallorca","16":"tag-sir-keir-starmer","17":"tag-spain","18":"tag-war"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3297","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3297"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3297\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3298"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3297"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3297"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3297"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}