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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Jessica Elgot Deputy political editor

Starmer joins Macron on Armistice Day in Paris to show European solidarity

Keir Starmer and Emmanuel Macron
Keir Starmer and Emmanuel Macron in Paris on Monday. Photograph: Manon Cruz/Reuters

Keir Starmer has joined Emmanuel Macron in Paris for the French Armistice Day service, in a pointed show of European solidarity days after Donald Trump’s re-election, with Ukraine and defence on the agenda for private talks between the two leaders.

Starmer became the first UK leader to attend France’s national commemoration event since Winston Churchill in 1944.

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