Nearly three in five respondents (59%) said they would back re-joining the European Union in a new Brexit referendum, according to the survey for the Mirror by Deltapoll
Voters would support rejoining the EU in a new Brexit referendum(Image: AFP via Getty Images)
A majority of Brits would vote to reverse Brexit, a new poll finds, as Keir Starmer presses for closer ties with Brussels.
Nearly three in five respondents (59%) said they would back re-joining the European Union in a new Brexit referendum, according to the survey for the Mirror by Deltapoll.
The findings come as the Prime Minister said Europe must face up to the tensions with Donald Trump’s White House as he began negotiations to join the EU’s £78 billion (€90bn) loan scheme for Ukraine.
The US President has lashed out at allies for refusing to join his war with Iran, and renewed his threats to withdraw from Nato in recent weeks. Mr Trump said he would pull 5,000 troops from Germany – it’s largest European base – after clashing with Chancellor Friedrich Mertz.
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Keir Starmer, pictured with French President Emmanuel Macron at a summit of European leaders(Image: Stefan Rousseau/PA Wire)
Amid concern from European leaders of Mr Trump’s dwindling interest in Ukraine, Mr Starmer launched a bid to participate in the loan scheme, recently approved by the EU after Vladimir Putin’s crony Viktor Orban was defeated in the Hungarian elections. It comes as part of the Government’s wider reset of relations with Brussels after years of Brexit tensions.
In a veiled swipe at the US, the PM told the European Political Summit: “We cannot deny that some of the alliances that we have come to rely on are not in the place we would want them to be. There is more tension in the alliances than there should be and it’s very important that we therefore face up to this as a group of countries together.”
Mr Starmer told reporters that Europe must step up commitments to defence and security. He said: “We work very closely with the US on all issues to do with defence and security and intelligence. We have done for many years, and we do so every day.
“But clearly we also have to make sure that the European countries do more on defence and security. That’s actually an argument that President Trump makes, but I feel very strongly that the European countries now need to step up and do more on defence and security.”
He added: “When you’re facing a war on two fronts, Ukraine and Iran, that’s having such a profound impact on our own country, on households across the whole of the United Kingdom, it’s really important we move at pace on that.”
If the UK is successful in joining the loan scheme, it would join forces with the EU to provide vital equipment to Kyiv and British firms would be able to bid for major defence contracts. Mr Starmer said the benefits would “outweigh the cost” for Britain.
“It’s in our national interest to be closer to Europe,” he said. “And whether that’s the EU loan scheme, which we are discussing with them, that’s of great benefit to Ukraine, but it’s also a great benefit to the United Kingdom as well, in terms of the jobs that it will create in the United Kingdom. So the benefit there outweighs the cost.”
Meanwhile, the EU is expected to ask Britain to contribute £1billion a year if it wants further access to the single market, according to the Times.
Deltapoll interviewed 3,353 British adults online between 26th April and 1st May 2026, including 1,012 respondents in Wales and 1,041 respondents in Scotland. The data have been weighted to be representative of the British adult population as a whole.