Good morning Brussels. Angela Skujins here holding the newsletter pen for your Tuesday. Brace yourselves for 32 degrees of heat.
On today’s menu: 10-years of Brexit, who pays for return hubs and confirmation of Commissioner Šuica’s trip to the Middle East.
A decade on. A day after Britons were told Prime Minister Keir Starmer would be stepping down, ushering in a new — seventh — prime minister since 2016, they have also been reminded of another reality. It has been 10 years since the United Kingdom voted to leave the European Union.
After more than four decades of being in the 28-member club, on 23 June 2016 the country voted 52%-48% to leave the EU. Conservative Prime Minister David Cameron, who called the referendum but campaigned for the UK to stay in the bloc, quit the next day.
Although this occurred a decade ago, the fault lines are still visible in 2026. Starmer led his Labour Party with a mindset of resetting relations with Brussels, with a very much hyped EU-UK Summit on July 22 now hanging in the balance.
