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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Peter Walker Senior political correspondent

Keir Starmer to call on UK and Europe to step up commitments to Nato

Keir Starmer and the UK foreign secretary, Yvette Cooper, coming down the steps of an aeroplane as they arrive in Munich for the security conference.
Keir Starmer and the UK foreign secretary, Yvette Cooper, arrive in Munich for the security conference. Photograph: Stefan Rousseau/Reuters

Keir Starmer will say the UK and Europe need to step up their commitments to Nato and avoid the risk of overdependence on the US for defence, as he sets out one of the main planks of his foreign policy vision on Saturday.

Speaking at the Munich Security Conference, the prime minister will warn against the idea of the UK turning inwards on security, instead calling for a focus on what he will call the “sleeping giant” of shared European defence capabilities.

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