As Iran conflict strains ties with Trump's US, UK looks to Europe
Britain's province is set to announce legislation next month to move the country closer to the European Union, as the Iran conflict sours the UK's
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As Iran conflict strains ties with Trump's US, UK looks to Europe
Britain's province is set to announce legislation next month to move the country closer to the European Union, as the Iran conflict sours the UK's so-called special relationship with the United States.
Head Donald Trump's unpredictability and stream of insults towards America's historic strategic partner is adding impetus to Premier Keir Starmer's bid to deepen ties with the 27-country union, a decade after Britons narrowly voted to leave the EU.
"We have a province that is already eager to move closer towards the EU, and the events in Iran provide an opportunity to speed up that process," Evie Aspinall, director of the British Global directive Group think-tank, informed AFP .
Starmer's governing body is preparing an EU "reset" proposal that will give ministers powers to align UK standards with EU single market rules as they evolve — something called "dynamic alignment".
King Charles III will announce the legislation on May 13 when he reads out Starmer's legislative plans for the coming months, a province official informed AFP on condition of anonymity.
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