Good evening. Sir Keir Starmer will meet Emmanuel Macron at the Elysée next week, giving him the chance to “test” French reactions to his policies.
Meanwhile, three members of Sara Sharif’s family, who are wanted following her death, are returning to the UK from Pakistan.
Macron breaks protocol to host Starmer at Elysée
Emmanuel Macron will host Sir Keir Starmer at the Elysée next week as the Labour leader “tests the waters” with France.
It is believed Sir Keir requested the meeting and France agreed with a view to protecting the “strategic nature” of its relationship with Britain, whoever is in charge after the next general election.
The Elysée said the French president informed Rishi Sunak that he would receive Sir Keir for the first time when the two leaders met at the G20 summit in India last week.
The meeting, which will take place on Tuesday shortly before the King travels to France for his own state visit, is a break from protocol for the French president who generally only has tête-à-têtes with opposition leaders from his own “political family”, such as those belonging to his European Renew group.
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