Move is being driven, in part, by the fallout from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Read more at straitstimes.com.
This will be centred around the Nato summit in Lithuania in July, where some senior members of Mr Sunak’s government want to see a new investment pledge going beyond the group’s existing commitment to spend 2 per cent of GDP on defence.
Tank crews from Ukraine’s armed forces are being trained in the UK to use Britain’s Challenger 2 main battle tanks against Russia’s invading forces. PHOTO: EPA-EFEThe UK’s response to the Ukraine war provided a big opportunity to take more of a leadership role in Nato’s command and control structures, one senior UK official said.
The EU is likely to welcome closer cooperation on security, since the UK and France have the most powerful militaries in Europe. Indeed, when Mr Sunak’s predecessor Boris Johnson was negotiating the terms of Brexit, the EU pushed for more cooperation on defence but Mr Johnson refused.The government also wants to work more closely with the EU on joint defence exports, to deter non-European countries from agreeing contracts with Russia and China. That could prove trickier to negotiate.
Britain’s economic fortunes since Brexit have so far been defined by meagre growth and weaker trade with the EU. On Friday, official data showed the UK’s trade deficit with the bloc had widened to a record in the final quarter of 2022.
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