In her hour-long state of the union address this year, the EU's most senior executive official did not mention the UK once, despite common interests in Ukraine, the climate crisis, energy and China.
UK threats to unpick the Brexit deal and toxic public EU-bashing have left their scars. The UK is just not a topic of discussion anymore in the EU.
Among senior officials, there is a mood of anticipation about what someone of his international stature will bring to UK-EU relations.
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