The 2024 UK General Election: The Implications for the European Union
Lawrence Kettle:The 2024 UK General Election: The Implications for the European Union. AIES Comment 2024/2.
10.07.2024
The Labour Party’s landslide victory in the British elections on 4th July 2024 will have a positive influence on the country’s relationship with the European Union. The new government’s stated intent for closer EU-UK relations and the creation of a new security pact promise to turn a new page in the saga of British-European relations that have been marred by Brexit populist rhetoric and post-Brexit headaches over trade, bureaucracy, and Northern Ireland.