UK and EU establish a new strategic partnership

Summary

UK and EU leaders agreed a partnership covering security, trade, energy and people-to-people links at their first post-withdrawal summit.

Potential implications

The programme creates practical pathways for closer cooperation while remaining inside the post-Brexit framework and stopping short of membership.

This assessment concerns the possible direction of UK–EU integration. It is not an endorsement of the policy or an estimate of public support.

Forecasts affected

• Closer integration
• Single market
• Customs union
• Movement