EU-UK summit: It’s good that it&#8 • Table.Briefings

By Jake Benford

Jake Benford is Senior Expert Europe and Geopolitics at the Bertelsmann Stiftung in Berlin.

At today’s EU-UK summit, London wants to move closer to Brussels while remaining within outdated red lines. The EU pays meticulous attention to fair competition and coherence in its relations with third countries. Neither of these attitudes will meet Europe’s new security requirements.

Luck is reality minus expectation. Anyone who believes in this wisdom will see good things in today’s summit simply because it is taking place at all. In fact, it is the first formal exchange at the highest political level since Brexit, an early break in the crumbling Western alliance, from what feels like a different era.

EU-UK summit: It’s good that it’s taking place at all

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