In the past few months, relations between the UK and the EU have been the best they have been since Brexit. Vladimir Putin’s assault on Ukraine reminded the two sides of the need for the world’s democracies to co-operate. Disputes over fishing rights could wait.
It is tempting to hope that relations could continue to improve, especially now that the French presidential election is out of the way.

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