German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier tells UK lawmakers to adopt a pragmatic, forward-looking approach to EU relations, citing the Oasis reunion as inspiration.<\/p>\n
LONDON<\/strong>: German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier has urged Britain to move beyond the disappointment of Brexit and focus on repairing its relationship with the European Union.<\/p>\n Addressing UK lawmakers in the royal gallery, Steinmeier said people were initially \u201cdisappointed and sometimes unable to understand the decision\u201d.<\/p>\n He quoted the famous Oasis song, saying the British approach should be \u201cDon\u2019t Look Back in Anger\u201d.<\/p>\n Steinmeier highlighted the pragmatic decision by both sides not to remain stuck in negative feelings.<\/p>\n He pointed to the reunion of the Gallagher brothers after 16 years as a metaphor for renewed partnership.<\/p>\n \u201cOur relations may have changed, but, my dear Britons, our love remains,\u201d the president stated.<\/p>\n He cited concrete steps already being taken to strengthen ties, including the Kensington Treaty on security cooperation signed in July.<\/p>\n The first post-Brexit EU-UK summit in May also aimed to reduce trade barriers between the blocs.<\/p>\n Future projects include a German-British electricity interconnector due for completion in 2028.<\/p>\n Plans for youth mobility agreements are also being developed to ease obstacles for students.<\/p>\n \u201cYes, Brexit has created obstacles,\u201d Steinmeier acknowledged. \u201cWe need to change this. And we are working on it.\u201d<\/p>\n The speech marked the second day of Steinmeier\u2019s three-day state visit, the first by a German head of state in 27 years.<\/p>\n King Charles III hosted the president at a Windsor Castle banquet on Wednesday, with both leaders celebrating deep bilateral ties.<\/p>\n The visit concludes on Friday in Coventry, a city heavily bombed during World War II.<\/p>\n British and German air force personnel will participate in a joint remembrance ceremony there.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier tells UK lawmakers to adopt a pragmatic, forward-looking approach to EU relations, citing the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":611849,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5226],"tags":[802,748,2000,299,5187,1699,1824,4884,8523,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-611848","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-brexit","8":"tag-brexit","9":"tag-britain","10":"tag-eu","11":"tag-europe","12":"tag-european","13":"tag-european-union","14":"tag-germany","15":"tag-great-britain","16":"tag-relations","17":"tag-uk","18":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115661872769703429","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/611848","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=611848"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/611848\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/611849"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=611848"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=611848"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=611848"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}