Reform UK leader Nigel Farage has issued a dire warning over any tightening of ties with the EU in the wake of yesterday’s European Political Community summit at Blenheim Palace.
Sir Keir Starmer had met with leaders and delegates from across the continent at Winston Churchill’s birthplace as he pledged a “reset” of British relations with the bloc.
And over in Strasbourg, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen was re-elected to her role by secret ballot for another five years; VDL, as she’s known, had pushed for a “European Defence Union” in her re-election push as she looked to increase the bloc’s military independence with Russia’s war in Ukraine rumbling on.
But long-time Eurosceptic Farage wasn’t so buoyed…
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Farage: Starmer’s Brussels ‘reset’ a ‘massive mistake’
Farage slammed the EU as VDL pushed the bloc on with its ‘Defence Union’
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Reform UK leader Nigel Farage has issued a dire warning over any tightening of ties with the EU in the wake of yesterday’s European Political Community summit at Blenheim Palace.
Sir Keir Starmer had met with leaders and delegates from across the continent at Winston Churchill’s birthplace as he pledged a “reset” of British relations with the bloc.
And over in Strasbourg, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen was re-elected to her role by secret ballot for another five years.
VDL, as she’s known, had pushed for a “European Defence Union” in her re-election push as she looked to strengthen Europe’s military independence with Russia’s war in Ukraine rumbling on and the US election looming large.
But long-time Eurosceptic Farage wasn’t so buoyed.
Speaking to the Sun, the Brexit heavyweight warned that “anything that takes us closer to a European Defence Union is a massive strategic mistake.”
Farage continued: “If you want America to walk away, get close to the European Union.
“You cannot have two military command centres based in Brussels.”