Sir Keir Starmer is set to have a tête-à-tête
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with Emmanuel Macron today as the two leaders brace for Donald
Trump's return to the White House.
The Prime Minister and embattled French President will meet at Chequers - Sir Keir's country residence in Buckinghamshire - for talks over dinner.
The official agenda of the meeting includes
discussions on Ukraine, tackling illegal migration, and Artificial Intelligence.
But Sir Keir and Mr Macron will also likely chat
about how to deal with Mr Trump's second term as US President, which is due to begin on 20 January.
Both the PM and French President have endured a turbulent few months, with Sir Keir suffering a rocky start to
life in Downing Street.
Meanwhile, Mr Macron was plunged into a fresh
political crisis last month when Michel Barnier resigned as French
PM after losing a no confidence vote.
Sir Keir and Mr Macron joined forces this week as they both hit back at Elon Musk,
the world's richest man and a close ally of Mr Trump.
The controversial billionaire has launched a barrage
of attacks on Sir Keir and other top ministers over Labour's
rejection of a new national inquiry into grooming gangs.
Sir Keir Starmer is set to have a tête-à-tête with Emmanuel Macron today as the two leaders brace for Donald Trump's return to the White House
The Prime Minister and embattled French President will
meet at Chequers - Sir Keir's country residence in Buckinghamshire - for talks over dinner
Sir Keir and Mr Macron will likely chat about how to deal with Mr Trump's second term as US President, which is due to begin on 20 January
Sir Keir and Mr Macron joined forces this week as
they both hit back at Elon Musk, the world's richest man and a close
ally of Mr Trump
But the PM accused Mr Musk and others of
'spreading lies and misinformation', adding they were 'not interested in victims, they are interested in themselves'.
Mr Macron attacked Mr Musk for 'directly intervening' in elections around the world, including Germany after the businessman expressed support for the
hard-Right Alternative for Germany (AfD).
Sir Keir has sought a close relationship with Mr Macron since entering No10 and travelled to Paris in November to attend a French
service on Armistice Day.
He was the first British PM to attend the events since Winston Churchill
in 1944.
Sir Keir is pursuing a 'reset' of the UK's post-Brexit relationship with the EU and could
use his dinner with Mr Macron to put in some groundwork ahead of his informal summit with
the bloc's 27 leaders next month.
This will come a week before Mr Macron hosts an AI summit in Paris, to which
Mr Trump and Mr Musk are being invited.
The Prime Minister's official spokesman told reporters yesterday:
'Tomorrow the Prime Minister will meet French President Emmanuel Macron.
'The meeting will focus on areas of cooperation and shared global challenges including support for Ukraine, tech and AI, growth
and tackling illegal migration.'
Foreign Secretary David Lammy this morning admitted
the 'intensity' of the 'rhetoric' from Mr Trump can be 'destabilising'.
He told the BBC that he believes the US
President-elect's comments earlier in the week about Greenland - in which he made
clear that he would want the Danish territory under American control - come from his
concerns about US economic security.
Mr Lammy also poured cold water on the idea of
a deal between Ukraine and Russia being reached in Mr
Trump's first days in office, believing there is 'no evidence' that
Russian President Vladimir Putin wants to come to the table to negotiate.
His comments come after a press conference earlier this week in which
Mr Trump suggested that the US could annex Greenland as well
as the Panama Canal, which he claimed were at risk from the
influence of Russia and China.
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