Starmer pledges to bring Britain closer to the EU as he faces calls to step down

rss · France 24 2026-05-11T15:24:48Z en
To display this content from YouTube, you must enable advertisement tracking and audience measurement. One of your browser extensions seems to be blocking the video player from loading. To watch this content, you may need to disable it on this site. Issued on: 11/05/2026 - 17:24Modified: 11/05/2026 - 17:31 UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer pledged Monday to prove the “doubters” in his own party and among the electorate as a whole wrong as he tries to fight off demands to step down after devastating local election results for his Labour Party. Starmer argued that he will “face up to the big challenges” and restore hope to the country, in part by forging closer ties with the European Union, six years after the UK's acrimonious departure from the bloc. FRANCE 24's European Affairs Editor Armen Georgian tells us more.
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