Britons should be fearful of Tony Blair’s call to the Labour party to ‘reset’ relations with the EU. The former prime minister has advised Keir Starmer that if he wins the general election he must build a closer political partnership with Brussels. Blair told the Sunday Times this was vital in order for the UK to once more be part of ‘the big political union on our own continent’.
In France, there is a growing suspicion that the EU is on the brink of what Blair, and his Gallic protegee, Emmanuel Macron, have long dreamed of: a United States of Europe.
This is a significant volte-face by the centre-right Le Figaro
In an interview in 2014, Blair was asked why Europeans would want to subjugate the interests of their own nation and their unique cultures for a United Europe. ‘It’s in the individual nation’s interests to come together so that their economies are stronger, so we can trade more with each other and we can wield more power,’ replied Blair.
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