Brexit tore the United Kingdom and the European Union apart. Now, President Donald Trump’s America is prodding them back together.

The "roadmap," as Von der Leyen called it, is ambitious, and although both parties are willing to carry it out, the details are subject to the uncertainties of negotiations among 28 countries. The United Kingdom and the European Union have reached a framework agreement that marks the first approach between both since Brexit.

TAOISEACH Micheal Martin has hailed a “landmark” deal between the EU and UK. UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer, who met European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and other senior EU

The deal does not undo Brexit. But the British government hopes that closer ties with the European Union will help revive its sluggish economy.

An agreement between London and Brussels was confirmed on Monday morning, just ahead of the first UK–EU bilateral summit since Brexit. After years of tense relations, the meeting is meant to mark the start of a new alliance between Keir Starmer's Britain and the European Union.

The stage has been set for a rapprochement between the UK and European Union, as the bad blood of the Brexit years morphs into a high-stakes hunt for allies in a region squeezed by Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping.

António Costa, President of the European Council, and Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, will be meeting with Keir Starmer, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, in London for the first EU-UK summit since the UK’s withdrawal from the EU,

Most British people believe Brexit was a mistake. But Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s attempts to edge closer to Europe face huge opposition in the national news media.