{"id":2230360,"date":"2026-10-31T13:19:56","date_gmt":"2026-10-31T10:19:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2230360"},"modified":"2026-10-31T13:19:56","modified_gmt":"2026-10-31T10:19:56","slug":"sir-keir-starmer-europe-cant-rely-on-us-bankroll-for-defence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2230360","title":{"rendered":"Sir Keir Starmer: Europe can’t rely on US bankroll for defence"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Sir Keir Starmer was speaking at a dinner of the the British Irish Chamber of Commerce in Dublin<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Sir Keir Starmer has said Europe should build a common security framework, warning the change in its defence relationship with the US is permanent rather than “an aberration of the Trump presidency”.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The former prime minister was speaking at a British Irish Chamber of Commerce (BICC) dinner in Dublin on Friday evening.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Sir Keir said a “common security framework” for Europe was needed as much as a common market, with the UK at its centre.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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He warned that “things will not go back to the way they were,” adding that the US had made clear it will no longer “bankroll” its European allies.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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He told the crowd in Dublin City Hall his comments did not mean “the US relationship is no longer important,” as reported by the Press Association.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Rather he said the UK-USA military, security and intelligence alliance was “far too strong for that”.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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But he said Europe must be enabled to “take on far more responsibility for its own defence and security”.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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    “Europe has twice been caught asleep \u2013 failing to anticipate and prepare for predictable events,” he said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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    “First when Russia’s attack on Ukraine exposed long-standing European weaknesses on defence and security; and second when President Trump made clear, once and for all, that the US will no longer bankroll our European security. We have to catch up,” he added.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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    He added: “I will say here what I have said to European leaders. This is about responding to a permanent change of affairs, not an aberration of the Trump presidency. Things will not go back to the way they were before.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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    Sir Keir was at the dinner to be awarded an honorary life membership from the BICC. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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    Sir Keir said increased defence spending was part of the picture, but that the challenge “goes far beyond that.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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    “We need to build up pan-European co-operation and co-ordination on defence and security \u2013 a common security framework as much as a common market,” he said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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    “The EU is changing to respond to that,” he said, warning that it “cannot be the EU alone when Europe’s periphery is core to its defence.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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    In July Sir Keir said he would “keep in touch” with President Trump after his time as prime minister ended.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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    The pair developed a positive relationship in their opening months of working together, which Sir Keir’s team highlighted at the time as one of the biggest successes of his premiership.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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    But Trump later mocked Sir Keir as being “no Winston Churchill” in a row over the refusal to permit the use of UK bases for the initial US-Israel strikes on Iran, and the repeated his criticism of the UK’s response to the conflict.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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    Sir Keir, asked whether Trump had wished him well as he prepared to leave Downing Street, said: “Yes he did, and we’re going to stay in touch.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n

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