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The Economist
The Economist
5 Sep 2024


NextImg:Britain and the EU find it easier to talk about guns than butter
Britain | Hard power

Britain and the EU find it easier to talk about guns than butter

But closer ties in foreign and security policy are still not easy to forge

EVEN HARD Brexiteers find it difficult to object to working with Britain’s European partners on diplomacy. It is a largely inter-governmental affair, not one involving EU institutions or the European Court of Justice (ECJ). And the case for it has become stronger given wars in Ukraine and the Middle East, a more assertive China and the risk that Donald Trump may return to the White House. EU countries also see obvious benefits from closer co-operation with a country with military clout and a tradition of foreign-policy activism.

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