Access for uk businesses to the german market given that germany is a member of the eu single market? i think there are things they can do. There are issues within the competence of national governments to do with the users, length of stay, for instance, where things can be negotiated. But you are right, overall in terms of the big barriers to access to the european market, including the german market, that will require negotiation with the european union. So there are certain things they can do on the economic side with the germans today but the big picture is a european picture and that trade agreement that boris johnson signed with the european union back in 2020. In johnson signed with the european union back in 2020. johnson signed with the european union back in 2020. In terms of that conversation union back in 2020. In terms of that conversation with union back in 2020. In terms of that conversation with the union back in 2020. In terms of that conversation with the euro
I think both sides have ruled out that this is talking about the uk rejoining the eu in any way, shape orform, or even the customs union, for that matter. But what this is about is some quite concrete bilateral talks. This is the fifth meeting, but this is the first official visit of the prime minister to berlin. And it s just two months after he was elected as prime minister. Now, for his predecessor, rishi sunak, it took 18 months. And i thinkjust that alone is a signal of what london wants to achieve. It s, on the one hand, it s a strong signal that the uk is now open for business with germany and, you know, is very serious about pushing forward some quite concrete bilateral agreements, particularly on defence, because i think that s something that the two countries are keen on working together on. What they can t really do much is when it comes to trade, because that s within the. . . That s within the responsibilities of the eu. But what. . . I think when it comes to closer cooper
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The competence of national governments to do with visas, length of stay, for instance, where certain things can be negotiated. But you are right, overall in terms of the big barriers to access to the european market, including the german market, that will require a negotiation with the european union. So there are certain things they can do on the economic side with the germans today but the big picture is a european picture and that trade agreement that borisjohnson signed with the european union back in 2020. In terms of that conversation with the european union, is that what the labour government want to do, or is this just a softly softly approach and just a realignment of what was a rather turbulent relationship when the conservatives were in power? to be honest, i don t know any more than you do about what they intend to do. It s clear they want to improve bilateral levers with key european statesmen. Today in germany with olaf scholz. Keir starmer will be visiting emmanuel macro