“Today we talked about protection and safety, however the United Kingdom and the European Union need to do extra collectively,” Costa advised reporters.
“We are wanting ahead to having our institutional summit within the U.Okay. on 19 of May, and to have interaction with the United Kingdom, not solely on a reset, however successfully within the closest relationship [that] will probably be attainable to construct collectively.”
Von der Leyen stated London and Brussels would “talk about the construction and format” of deeper safety cooperation “and different matters at our frequent joint protection summit within the U.Okay. in May.”
Since coming to workplace in July final 12 months the Labour prime minister has pledged to “reset” relations with the EU — which had usually been frosty beneath the earlier Conservative U.Okay. authorities.
The May summit is predicted to flesh out the small print of the reset, which has to this point been characterised by heat phrases on each side however little coverage element.
The format of the assembly and whether or not member states will likely be concerned has not been confirmed.