London, May 21, 2025 (AFP) - UK, EU hail new partnership deal, but questions remain

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2025-05-21
Britain has hailed Monday's strategic partnership agreement with the European Union as the start of a new era, but the effects of the deal on defence and trade remain unclear. That is one of Prime Minister Keir Starmer's key arguments for restoring closer ties with the EU. This deal, along with those signed earlier in May with the United States and India, "release us from the tired arguments of the past and, as an independent sovereign nation,......
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