The Mayor will reiterate his “longstanding place” that being again within the single market can be helpful and advocate a youth mobility scheme
Sir Sadiq Khan will at present pledge to “proceed to make the case” for having deeper ties with the European Union and for “being daring in relation to nearer alignment” within the context of what he’ll name “the rise of an illiberal and anti-democratic populism” and “commerce wars and tariffs posing an actual menace to worldwide affairs”.
The Mayor is to make his remarks at the beginning of a gathering this afternoon with the EU “heads of mission”, a gaggle comprising the London-based ambassadors and excessive commissioners of the 27 EU member states. He can even insist that “any peace negotiations” about Ukraine ought to “instantly contain the Ukrainian authorities”.
His name for boldness in relation to bonds with the EU will particularly embody what he’ll describe as “my lengthy standing place on the advantages of the only market and the customs union”.
Khan, who campaigned prominently to stay within the EU through the 2016 referendum, stated in October that commerce boundaries ought to come back down and that rejoining the only market was “one thing we shouldn’t be scared to speak about,” although his new remarks will once more cease wanting instantly advocating such a transfer.
His intervention comes after Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer attended a gathering with European leaders in Paris to debate the scenario in Ukraine, having earlier this month dined with them as he works in the direction of a “reset” of relations, together with a stronger safety partnership.
The PM has not hinted that he’ll search to take the UK again into the only market, which might restore freedom of motion, however Khan will stress that he “wholeheartedly” helps the federal government’s “push for higher relations”.
Khan can even discuss organising a brand new “youth mobility scheme” to make it simpler for younger Londoners and counterparts from EU nations to journey and work in every others’ nations, and argue that this is able to help financial development all through Europe. Starmer has beforehand dominated out such a scheme.
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