French President Emmanuel Macron and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer attend the Coalition of the Willing meeting on security guarantees for Ukraine at the Hotel des Invalides in Paris, France, July 13, 2026. Teresa Suarez/Pool via REUTERS
Britain’s outgoing Prime Minister Keir Starmer has been awarded France’s highest honour, in recognition of his work on the security of Europe and Ukraine.
President Emmanuel Macron’s office said he presented Starmer with the Legion d’honneur on Monday in Paris, where he was attending a summit of Ukraine’s allies.
Starmer, who has been prime minister since winning a landslide election victory in July 2024, is the first UK prime minister to receive the award.
He is due to leave office within days after losing the confidence of his governing Labour party over a slew of domestic policy U-turns that hit his popularity.
