Closer EU ties sought

SIR Keir Starmer has said he discussed his plans to reset relations with France and the European Union as a whole during talks with France’s President Emmanuel Macron in Paris.

The Prime Minister held talks with Mr Macron at the Elysee Palace after meeting some of Team GB’s Paralympic athletes yesterday morning.

Sir Keir said of his meeting with the French president: “We discussed the situation in Ukraine, as you would expect, the situation in the Middle East, bilateral issues in terms of trade and defence and security, but also the wider reset that I want in relation to our relations, not just with France, but with the EU in general.

“They were the topics that we discussed as part of the reset, rebuild and making sure that our number one mission, which is growing the economy, is central to everything that we do.”