There are hopes that deepening the UK’s relationship with European partners on migration could contribute to a wider reset in EU relations
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, left, welcomes Keir Starmer to Berlin.
A commitment to developing a joint action plan on the problem – which the PM said would “deal with issues like data sharing, intelligence sharing, what we can do on joint operations” – was the most concrete policy to emerge from the talks.Starmer made his visit to Berlin at a time when irregular migration has acquired huge salience in Germany.
As well as vowing “to closely investigate” why the deportation did not happen and put in place reforms “so that such terrible attacks do not happen again”, the Chancellor also acknowledged public concerns about the scale of irregular migration. While enhanced security co-operation is seen as fundamentally important in its own right, the Government hopes that deepening the UK’s relationship with European partners in this field will also help contribute to a wider reset in EU relations which could unlock a better post-Brexit deal.
In Germany, the far-right Alternative für Deutschland party is feeding off public concerns about immigration heightened by the Solingen attack and isGiven the country’s past, it is unsurprising that many Germans find the AfD’s increasing popularity highly alarming. Meanwhile in Britain, Labour strategists view the AfD as a warning.over the summer in which far right elements played a prominent part.
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