Public opinion on the UK-EU post-Brexit agreement is divided. While some see it as a positive step towards mending relationships and enhancing economic and defense ties, others view it as a regression, merely compensating for the negative impacts of Brexit. There are concerns over concessions like fishing rights, and criticism is directed at past leadership decisions. The overall sentiment reflects both progress and lingering skepticism regarding unresolved Brexit issues.

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Fishing

- A new deal will keep the current status quo giving EU boats continued access to UK waters until 2038

- The 2020 Brexit deal, which saw the UK regain 25% EU fishing quotas, was due to run out next year

- The UK will continue to agree yearly quotas with the EU and Norway and issue licences to control who fishes in its waters

- Later, the government is due to unveil a £360m "fishing and coastal growth fund" to invest in coastal communities

Farming

- In return for extending current fishing rules, the UK has secured a deal to reduce checks on food exports to the EU

- Officials will drop some routine border checks on animal and plant shipments to and from the EU

- The new sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) agreement means the UK can sell raw burgers and sausages back into the EU for the first time since Brexit

Security

- A formal UK-EU defence and security pact has been established

- Both sides have been pushing for closer cooperation and information-sharing since Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine and Donald Trump re-entered the White House

- The government says the agreement "paves the way" for UK-based arms firms to access the Security Action for Europe (Safe) - a £150bn EU fund providing loans for defence projects

Full details: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/czdy3r6q9mgo

epsilona01

I would like to thank Trump for being such a monumental f-up that its pushing the rest of the world to sort their stuff out.

Coffmad1

So Starmer has now secured 3 trade deals in the last couple of months.

Waiting for someone to say he's basically Hitler and this is terrible and we should definitely not vote for him (See vote reform) in the future.

Emperors-Peace

The most successful trade news, by far, since brexit, is just undoing some of brexit.

What a farce this last decade has been

LuxFaeWilds

&gt; Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch called the deal "very concerning" and said 12 years EU access for fishing is three times longer than the government wanted.

*than our party wanted 

&gt; "And with no details on any cap or time limits on youth mobility, fears of free movement returning will only increase."

Oh no, the ability to live &amp; work in Europe is very scary. What will our businesses do if European businesses offer to pay decent salaries? Somebody please think of the shareholders.

anangrywizard

at the very least, it's some sort of progress in the right direction.

AdventurousTart1643

I didn't vote for Kier Starmer but I do think he and this government have for the most part done an excellent job so far. If they keep this level of competence up then I will certainly be voting Labour for the first time in the next election. 

Walexei

JunketMiserable6177

How is this going to affect the day to day for the British people? Do many members states actually want our raw burgers and sausages? Or do they just want our fish.

ranchitomorado

Very easy to spot the Reform supporters in the comments. Seriously though, how long before Farage is calling this the worst thing ever?

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RepostSleuthBot

We'll bang go the Puffins &amp; other seabirds that rely on Sandeels to live. 
 The seas will be dredged by the Danes for Sandeels so they can make fucking cat food.

E5evo

Purpleresidents

Freedom of movement is back! 

Wonder how this will affect the jobs market in the UK.

hambugbento

So a 12 year re-entry to the EU market without any of the control of the rules?

StevenXSG

Another crappy trade deal from the sell out!

PayitForword

FollowingExtension90

The UK was so snobby and said we don't need the EU, can trade with our American partners because historically they are our friends and now this 

Satyriasis457

dontstealmydinner

For those unable to read the article due to a paywall:

LONDON/BRUSSELS, May 19 (Reuters) - Britain agreed the most significant reset of defence and trade ties with the European Union since Brexit on Monday after U.S. President Donald Trump's upending of the global order forced the two sides to move on from their acrimonious divorce.

Nearly nine years after it voted to leave the bloc, Britain, a defence heavyweight, will take part in joint procurement projects. The sides also agreed to make it easier for UK food and visitors to reach the EU, and signed a contentious new fishing deal.

Trump's tariffs, alongside warnings that Europe should do more to protect itself, forced governments around the world to rethink trade, defence and security ties, bringing British Prime Minister Keir Starmer closer to France's Emmanuel Macron and other European leaders.

Starmer, who backed remaining in the EU in the Brexit referendum, also bet that offering tangible benefits to Britons such as the use of faster e-gates at EU airports will drown out the cries of "betrayal" from Brexit campaigner Nigel Farage.

The government said the reset with its biggest trading partner would reduce red tape for food and agricultural producers, making food cheaper, improve energy security and add nearly 9 billion pounds ($12.1 billion) to the economy by 2040.

It is the third deal Britain has struck this month, after agreements with India and the U.S., and while it is unlikely to lead to a meaningful economic boost immediately it could lift corporate sentiment, drawing much-needed investment.

"It's time to look forward," Starmer said in a statement. "To move on from the stale old debates and political fights to find common sense, practical solutions which get the best for the British people.

"We're ready to work with partners if it means we can improve people’s lives here at home."

At the heart of the reset is a defence and security pact that will let Britain be part of any joint procurement and pave the way for British companies including BAE (BAES.L), opens new tab, Rolls-Royce (RR.L), opens new tab and Babcock (BAB.L), opens new tab to take part in a 150 billion euro ($167 billion) programme to rearm Europe.

On fishing, British and EU vessels will have access to each other's waters for 12 years - removing one of the UK's strongest hands in any future talks - in return for a permanent reduction in paperwork and border checks that had prevented small food producers from exporting to Europe.

In return, Britain has agreed to the outline of a limited youth mobility scheme, with the details to be hammered out in future, and it is discussing participation in the Erasmus+ student exchange programme.

The agreement was denounced by Farage and the opposition Conservative Party, which was in power when Britain left the bloc and spent years negotiating the original divorce deal.

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TailungFu

Tories already slandering the deal as surrendering British fishing, when all it does is maintain the status quo the tories themselves negotiated, is peak 2020s politics

Mav_Learns_CS

Can some reasonable Brits explain what arguments are there for wanting exceptions to the eu standards (euro, Schengen etc) in a theoretical rejoin? I am genuinely curious. Thx

No-Sample-5262

StipaCaproniEnjoyer

Man, just ditch the fucking Pound already and come back.

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The entire U.K. fishing industry generates roughly £1.1b in revenue a year. France wants a slice of that for 2 years in exchange for a slice of €150b? Looks like a good deal to me.

Known_Tax7804

Who needs enemies with leaders like this.

"where the UK would automatically accept EU rules and standards and the European Court of Justice as the final arbiter on questions of EU law."

Absolutely pathetic.

Capt_Zapp_Brann1gan

The fish, they've agreed to be on our side in the event of war.

J_Class_Ford

And Farage will bulldoze this. What a bloody mess.

ProfileOk2226

Labour just lost a voter. How do we always manage to elect such weak leaders?

Codeworks

B0rNtoLAG1

They all getting mega rich as always stop the scare mongering

Longjumping_Swing_12

that was inevitable to fill the vaccum us has created by leaving

Electronic-Shirt-194

Not even America would treat Britain this poorly

GlitteringCloud27

The UK needs to solve the problem of illegal migrants from France within any defense pack with the EU.

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Russia is EUs problem. If UK just stfu and focused on its own problems we’d be golden. We have nukes. These £bns of pumping the military industrial complex could be spent on infrastructure for citizens.

1FlamingBurrito

Striking-Giraffe5922

lol Farage got ammo for the next 4 years nice one Starmer…

ThatGuyMaulicious

Will be ripped up by farage in the next few years when he unfortunately wins

dalehitchy

Allowing French and other eu trawlers to have access to our waters, and no doubt labour will open our doors to millions of unskilled EU nationals as part of the ‘youth mobility scheme’ all because we want to continue with the imperialist US geopolitical ambitions whilst the usual war mad president is out office.

Howamimeanttodothat

AI_Renaissance

Now, Starmer my akh, my friend, my bruvver, my buddy. Use this opportunity and just blast it all over the media repeatedly, and in such amount that the "UK is a thord-woirld contry" voices drown out

Please, do not fumble this up. If there's one thing the age of stagnation from 2020-2025 has taught us, it's that the UK needs EU, and EU needs the UK, and that everyone in the world needs everyone else (Sadly the MAGA nation and its international affiliates did not get the memo). Let this finally usher into a new era.

Inshallah brothers.

No-Kiwi-1868

raitaisrandom

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The questions by the media, including the bbc, were unbelievable: “PM is this a Brexit betrayal?” “PM have you sold out the fisherman?”.

wow

giro83

I’d say this is yet again a betrayal of people who voted for him to appease people who will never vote for him but he thinks they might.

vaskopopa

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