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Migration strain
The journey additionally highlighted simply how a lot strain each leaders face on migration, a difficulty that got here up repeatedly in press questions.
Starmer pointedly mentioned the U.Okay. has “no plans” to set-up a a lot feted youth mobility scheme — which might ease restrictions on Brits and EU nationals learning and dealing overseas — as a part of his reset, though he didn’t instantly rule out such a proposal.
The U.Okay. chief additionally talked up “substantive discussions” with Scholz on curbing unlawful migration, together with an as-yet obscure “joint motion plan” on the problem.
For his half, Scholz, who’s underneath mounting strain domestically within the wake of a lethal stabbing assault in Solingen and the arrest of a Syrian nationwide suspect, sought to strike a tough-sounding tone on irregular migration.
“We have massively expanded controls on the German borders and can proceed to take action for so long as potential,” he mentioned. “And but the numbers are nowhere close to what the residents anticipate.”
He added: “If you need authorized immigration, you must restrict irregular migration in order that the nation just isn’t overwhelmed. This can and should be achieved with out calling worldwide agreements, European legislation or the structure into query. We owe this to the victims of Solingen.”
Next cease for Starmer is Paris. He’ll be attending the Paralympics Opening Ceremony and can use the chance to pop by the Elysée Palace for talks with French President Emmanuel Macron.
Noah Keate contributed reporting.
