{"id":10261,"date":"2025-04-11T08:06:08","date_gmt":"2025-04-11T08:06:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/10261\/"},"modified":"2025-04-11T08:06:08","modified_gmt":"2025-04-11T08:06:08","slug":"britains-reeves-calls-for-closer-eu-uk-defense-ties-politico","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/10261\/","title":{"rendered":"Britain\u2019s Reeves calls for closer EU-UK defense ties \u2013 POLITICO"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>They are likely to discuss the re-arming fund proposed by Brussels, which would see a \u20ac150 billion loan program for EU governments to spend on weapons and equipment. In order for the U.K. to be involved in the scheme, it needs a formal defense agreement with Brussels \u2014 something held up by a dispute about fishing quotas, among other issues.<\/p>\n<p>POLITICO reported last week that the U.K. Treasury has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/article\/uk-eu-defense-fund-arms-investment-procurement\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pitched a plan<\/a> that would allow participating governments to avoid booking the upfront capital cost of military kit in their national budget, which would be of huge benefit to countries with tight spending rules.<\/p>\n<p>British officials met select European allies at a discreet dinner in Brussels a couple of weeks ago to discuss plans for the new defense fund. This gathering was also hosted by Poland. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cA strong economy needs a strong national defense. That is why the chancellor will be travelling to Warsaw to make the case for deeper defence financing cooperation with our European allies so together we deliver greater economic and national security in a changed world,\u201d a Treasury official said in a statement accompanying the trip.<\/p>\n<p>PM Keir Starmer recently upped Britain\u2019s defense spending to 2.5 percent of GDP, the biggest increase since the end of the Cold War.<\/p>\n<p>The U.K. has spent the past few weeks pressing for a carve-out from Trump\u2019s tariffs. Friday\u2019s trip signals a renewed focus on the government\u2019s pledge to reset U.K.-EU relations ahead of a wider summit May 19.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"They are likely to discuss the re-arming fund proposed by Brussels, which would see a \u20ac150 billion loan&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":10262,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5174],"tags":[6215,473,32,2000,299,5187,1699,474,7064,807,770,619,811,479,15,1116],"class_list":{"0":"post-10261","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-eu","8":"tag-cooperation","9":"tag-defense","10":"tag-donald-trump","11":"tag-eu","12":"tag-europe","13":"tag-european","14":"tag-european-union","15":"tag-finance","16":"tag-fishing-quotas","17":"tag-keir-starmer","18":"tag-poland","19":"tag-rachel-reeves","20":"tag-security","21":"tag-tariffs","22":"tag-united-kingdom","23":"tag-weapons"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114318303736066936","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10261","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10261"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10261\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10262"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10261"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10261"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10261"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}