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.
In contrast, he is held in high regard by many foreign leaders on issues from Ukraine to forging closer European ties.
