Starmer's post-Brexit reset with EU lacks direction, definition and drive', MPs warn

"Sir Keir Starmer's ambition to reset UK-EU relations after Brexit is suffering from a lack of direction, definition and drive, MPs have warned in a new report. The government has been urged to end its secrecy over what it is seeking in order to save its languishing efforts to grow closer to the bloc."

"MPs on the Commons foreign affairs select committee said the government failed to present a coherent roadmap at last year's Lancaster House summit with the EU, and is at risk of making the same mistake ahead of this year's follow-up event. It said a lack of clear, strategic priorities from the UK side has given the impression that the EU has achieved more progress in the negotiations."

Sir Keir Starmer's government pledged to reset UK-EU relations following Brexit damage caused by the previous Conservative administration. However, MPs on the Commons foreign affairs select committee have warned that efforts lack direction, definition, and drive. The government has been criticized for failing to present a coherent roadmap at last year's Lancaster House summit and risks repeating this mistake at the upcoming follow-up event. The absence of clear strategic priorities from the UK side has created the perception that the EU has achieved greater progress in negotiations. Committee chair Dame Emily Thornberry acknowledged the reset as a significant policy shift but emphasized that implementation has been directionless.

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