The British are partially returning to the EU, and also signed a defensive pact

London. The breakthrough contract, the reset of relations, is written by foreign media on an agreement on Monday in London by representatives of the European Commission and the British Government.

The agreement is intended to set up new relations between the United Kingdom and the European Union left in 2020. However, setting better postbrexit relationships is not the only purpose of the agreement.

Both sides were also pushed by the security situation in Europe, which is shaped by the Russian conquest War in Ukrainehybrid activities, as well as weakening willingness to guarantee European security.

The agreement is to simplify the movement of British tourists from the European Union, facilitate educational and student programs or to allow European fishermen to hunt in British sovereign waters.

A formal defense pact between the EU and the United Kingdom was created in the security area.

Representatives of both parties should meet on the topics of foreign and security policy once every six months, and the EU and Britain are to coordinate sanctions, share information and create a common space security policy, summed up the BBC.

« We need to look forward. Move from the stuck debates and political fights to common sense and practical solutions, » the British Prime Minister commented on the agreement Keir Starmer.

Opposition British Conservatives are particularly hindered by fishing. « Twelve years of access to British waters are three times as much as the government wanted. Brussels again determines the rules, » said Kemi Baden, a conservative party leader.

Europe will open the defense market

Trumpov duties Together with the warnings that Europe will have to defend itself, governments around the world have forced to review business, defense and security relations, and British Prime Minister Keira Starmer pushed closer to European leaders, she wrote on the agreement Reuters agency.

« The European Union and the United Kingdom are close allies to support Ukraine, especially through the Ukrainian defense contact group, including the EU military assistance mission (EMAM) and the United Kingdom of Interflex, » says In the text of the defense agreement published by the British Government.

Thanks to it, Britain will gain access to common European defense procurement, although Politico magazine notes that further negotiations will be needed.

British engineering and defense companies such as BAE Systems and Babcock International will be able to participate in the Readiness 2030 program (known as Rearm Europe), which is to provide up to € 800 billion to start the European armament industry and strengthen the European Defense.

Britain is a nuclear power, so it may be of importance to Europe, especially for states in the north of the continent.

President of the European Commission Ursula von der leyen However, it noted that the current agreement is only the first step on the British Industry’s journey to EU money, namely from Safe, to bring EUR 150 billion on the European Union’s common liability loans.

British companies would thus be considered European in the Safe Scheme, but as the EU asks for a financial contribution from London, Guardian writes that the Union already has similar agreements with Norway and Ukraine.

In addition, the agreement contains cooperation in the field of maritime security, hybrid threats or regular consultations on security policy, which should be held every six months.

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Tourists may have to wait

The agreement should allow British citizens to pass through the airports again through a control intended for European passport holders.

However, this advantage will run slowly and will start fully in the autumn when the European Union introduces EES system To register citizens’ inputs and outputs from countries outside the EU who do not need a visa. British tourists will not have to have a passport.

The new agreement should also make life easier for students and young workers, although the details, according to the BBC, will still have to be discussed. The United Kingdom should return to the Erasmus program, which helps to organize study or internship abroad.

In the economic field, it is an important moment that both the EU and London will create a single carbon emission market to avoid mutual taxation of steel or cement.

Fishermen are divided

While in Britain there were a number of votes that welcome the agreement outside politics, British fishermen are talking about disappointment practically unison with the opposition. « It’s far from what we were hoping for. It worsens the situation, » quotes the Diary Guardian Mika Cohen, head of the British National Federation of Fisheries.

He claims that London has made British waters available to fishermen from the continent for nothing and was supposed to claim exclusive control over coastal waters, where he would only allow other than British ships under certain conditions.

The agreement is also criticized by the Prime Minister Boris Johnson. According to him, Starmer « sacrificed British fishing interests, again allowing the plundering of our waters, and according to the current Brexit Agreement we have within reach taking full control of each fish in our waters », he said.

The exception was the opinion of Salmon Scotland, which brings together the Scottish salmon industry. « Congratulations to the British government to ensure an agreement with the EU, which will overcome commercial barriers and facilitate the supply of our salmon to the market, » said Tavish Scott, head of Tavish.

In exchange for the extension of the Freedom of Fishing, the United Kingdom has gained the possibility of less strict control of food export to the EU, most of the control of plant and animal goods at the border will be canceled, He writes BBC.

The station even notes that the United Kingdom will be able to export raw burgers or sausages to the EU for the first time from Brexit.