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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor

Labour to seek joint declaration with EU on wide-ranging security pact

David Lammy
The UK foreign secretary says the security pact could cover areas such as energy, the climate crisis, pandemics and even illegal migration. Photograph: Tytus Żmijewski/EPA

Labour is seeking a sweeping joint declaration with the EU to usher in a wide-ranging security pact covering defence, energy, the climate crisis, pandemics and even illegal migration, the foreign secretary, David Lammy, has said.

As part of the new government’s plan to reset its relations with the EU and bring “an end to the Brexit era”, Lammy told the Guardian that a broadly defined security deal would not undermine Labour’s commitment to remain outside the EU’s single market and customs union.

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