Keir Starmer says ‘wider reset’ with Europe will not mean ‘reversing Brexit’ as he visits Berlin [Video]

Sir Keir Starmer met Germany’s top leaders on Wednesday morning before heading on to France, aiming for a post-Brexit reset in relations with core European partners following Labour’s election triumph.

The Prime Minister held talks in Berlin with Chancellor Olaf Scholz and President Frank-Walter Steinmeier as the two countries launched a dialogue for a new UK-German treaty to increase business and joint action on illegal migration.

They aim to agree the first such partnership deal since Brexit by early 2025, modelled on the UK’s existing Lancaster House accords with France, which cover defence and security notably.

But the Prime Minister insisted that he was not “reversing Brexit,” but hopes for “a wider reset” with the European Union, adding that the deal would not mean re-entering the single market or the customs union.

He explained: “It does mean a closer relationship on a number of fronts, including the economy, including defence, including exchanges, …