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

UK must seize chance to repair relations with EU, says thinktank head

Liz Truss
British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss arrives to take part in a European Union foreign ministers meeting, amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine in Brussels on 4 March. Photograph: Yves Herman/Reuters

Britain should use its leading role in the Ukraine war urgently to repair its relations with the EU by offering to help strengthen European security both via Nato and rapidly evolving EU defence plans, the director of Chatham House, Dr Robin Niblett, has proposed.

That will require working more formally with Brussels on foreign policy and defence, including issues such as cyber, intelligence and disinformation, said Niblett, who heads Britain’s leading foreign policy thinktank.

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