With Keir Starmer in town, EU officials and diplomats say their expectations were too high when the British PM took office last year.

EU member states could demand assurances on fishing rights before opening the door to closer security and economic ties with the UK, according to diplomatic sources. View on euronews

PM meets counterparts in the Palais d'Egmont, where Ted Heath signed the treaty taking Britain into the Common Market in 1972

Keir Starmer is heading to Brussels, becoming the first British prime minster to attend a European Union leaders’ meeting since the U.K. left the bloc five years ago

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Monday joined European Union leaders in Brussels for talks on strengthening cooperation on defence five years after the UK left the bloc. Rejoining the EU was out of question but "I do think that we can have a better,

Keir Starmer joins EU leaders’ defence meeting as first UK PM post-Brexit Watch live as Sir Keir Starmer arrives in Brussels on Monday, 3 February, as the first UK prime minister to join a meeting of European Union leaders since Brexit.