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UK royals welcome Macron for state visit with migration and Ukraine high on the agenda
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A royal welcome for French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife Brigitte Macron.
00:06
They're beginning their three-day state visit to the UK,
00:09
greeted by the prince and princess of Wales, William and Kate,
00:13
before heading to Windsor Castle for a state banquet
00:16
where the French couple is welcomed by King Charles and Queen Camilla.
00:20
The monarch is expected to steer clear of politics,
00:24
a task that's left for Prime Minister Keir Starmer's meeting with the French president.
00:28
The visit is seen as a symbolic reset for the two countries that drifted apart after Brexit.
00:35
Macron is the first EU leader to visit the UK since it left the bloc in 2020.
00:40
Well, there's a need, I think, to catch up after the damage done to the bilateral relationship,
00:46
after the Brexit negotiations, when France was more or less playing the bad cop in that sense.
00:52
Beyond its symbolism, both Macron and Starmer hope for practical results.
00:57
Migration is one of the more sensitive topics on the table.
01:01
Starmer hopes to announce more robust cooperation between the two countries
01:05
to curb illegal migrant crossings of the English Channel.
01:08
In 2024, more than 36,000 arrivals on British shores have been recorded by the British government,
01:15
a yearly increase of 25%.
01:17
Macron and Starmer are also expected to focus on defence,
01:21
in search of a response to the return of war to Europe with Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
01:26
And although discussions on energy and trade are also expected,
01:30
most topics are covered at a European level,
01:33
a space where the United Kingdom doesn't have a say.
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