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Speaker 1: Going to Vincent mcavinie, who is our UK and Europe correspondent.

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Speaker 1: The European political community has met, including President Zelenski.

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Speaker 2: Good morning, Ryan. Yes, that is right. So this is

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Speaker 2: a new invention actually of French President Emmanuel Macron, and

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Speaker 2: it's meant to try and unite Europe in the wake

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Speaker 2: of the Ukraine War beyond just the nations that are

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Speaker 2: in the EU and NATO. So for instance, why the UK,

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Speaker 2: which is no longer in the EU, plays a part

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Speaker 2: in it. It was held today at Blenham Palace, the

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Speaker 2: birthplace of Winston Churchill, and dozens of European leaders got

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Speaker 2: together to discuss the challenges facing the continent. Now, this

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Speaker 2: was a big opportunity for our new Prime Minister, Sir

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Speaker 2: Keir Starmer to try and reset the relationship with Europe.

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Speaker 2: It was a bit of a gift actually him having

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Speaker 2: the election and then this meeting just two weeks later

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Speaker 2: by former Prime Minister Rishie sunek so so kaos. Starmer

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Speaker 2: has been meeting all his fellow European leaders. He said

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Speaker 2: that he wants to reset in relations with the European Union.

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Speaker 2: He's not saying that the UK is going to rejoin

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Speaker 2: or he wants us to rejoin anytime soon, but he

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Speaker 2: thinks that a better deal could be struck, particularly on

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Speaker 2: a key issue facing all nations in Europe now, and

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Speaker 2: that is a legal migration. He wants countries to work closer,

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Speaker 2: more cooperation on smashing gangs which are involved in human trafficking,

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Speaker 2: and particularly a better deal with the French because of

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Speaker 2: the passage through the channel, with the UK currently paying

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Speaker 2: millions to the French to try and stop that, but

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Speaker 2: the numbers growing every single year. He's admitted to Keir

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Speaker 2: Starmer that it's a hard challenge but he's trying to

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Speaker 2: lead by the from the front by announcing about eighty

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Speaker 2: four million pounds worth of UK AID to fund projects

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Speaker 2: in Africa and the Middle East to try and stop

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Speaker 2: the illegal migration at its source and from people traveling

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Speaker 2: up to Europe.

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Speaker 1: Vincent, thank you for that. That's Vincent mcavinie, our UK

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Speaker 1: and Europe correspondent.

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