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Britain Rejoins E.U. Student Exchange Program That It Left After Brexit
The government said it would pay about $760 million to allow young Britons to take part in 2027.
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Stephen Castle
Dec. 17, 2025
Guest Essay
Why the ‘Affordability Hoax’ Is a Trap for Trump
I doubt this was what Trump meant when he called himself “Mr. Brexit.”
By
Thomas B. Edsall
Dec. 9, 2025
Guest Essay
Britain’s Struggles Are America’s Future
The latest and best evidence of the damage is a warning about Trump-era tariff policies.
By
Binyamin Appelbaum
Dec. 8, 2025
The British Public Thinks Immigration Is Up. It’s Actually Down, Sharply.
Net migration to Britain has fallen by almost 80 percent from its 2023 peak, according to data released on Thursday.
By
Michael D. Shear
Nov. 27, 2025
Ross Douthat
What Is Post-Liberalism, Anyway?
Notes on an unstable but necessary idea.
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Ross Douthat
Nov. 18, 2025
Guest Essay
Could This Unserious, Mischievous, Frightening Man Be Britain’s Next Prime Minister?
His rise is both a symptom and a cause of the newly febrile mood in Britain.
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Samuel Earle
Oct. 27, 2025
U.K. Politician Admits Making Pro-Russia Statements in Return for Bribes
Nathan Gill, a former leader of Reform U.K. in Wales, pleaded guilty on Friday to charges of bribery while he was a member of the European Parliament.
By
Lizzie Dearden
Sept. 26, 2025
Guest Essay
Britain Offers a Warning of What America Could Become
Both the United States and Britain are suffering through crises of identity.
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Ben Rhodes
Sept. 18, 2025
Trump’s Trip to Scotland Echoes an Earlier Visit, When He Applauded Brexit
Before his 2016 election, President Trump correctly predicted that the forces animating Brexit would go beyond the United Kingdom. But now most Britons say Brexit was a mistake.
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Mark Landler
July 26, 2025
German and U.K. Leaders Sign Mutual Defense Pact as U.S. Steps Back
The new treaty includes a pledge by both countries to regard a threat against one as a threat against the other, in the latest sign of European nations uniting amid growing instability.
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Jim Tankersley
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July 17, 2025
U.K. and France Sign First Nuclear Pact to Fend Off Threat to Europe
At a summit on Thursday, Prime Minister Keir Starmer and President Emmanuel Macron also announced a “one in, one out” pilot program on migrants crossing the English Channel.
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Michael D. Shear
July 10, 2025
Nobel Prize-Winning Physicist Is Stripped of Dutch Citizenship
Thirteen years ago, Andre Geim took British citizenship to accept a knighthood. He has just learned he can no longer be a citizen of the Netherlands as a result.
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July 4, 2025
An Eighth-Generation Oyster Farmer Sees Hope in Britain’s Trade Deal
Brexit had complicated many of Britain’s food exports to Europe. A new trade deal between the U.K. and the E.U. could make them easier, including for shellfish farmers.
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Eshe Nelson
June 16, 2025
News Analysis
U.K. Trade Deals Bare the Reality: It’s a Midsize Economy Among Giants
Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s government had to make some politically fraught concessions to eke out trade deals with the E.U. and the U.S.
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Mark Landler
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May 20, 2025
Britain and E.U. Strike Landmark Post-Brexit ‘Reset’ Deal
The agreement includes a new defense partnership and reduced checks on food and drink, removing some trade barriers after months of negotiations.
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Stephen Castle
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Jeanna Smialek
May 19, 2025
Brexit’s Failures Could Foreshadow Trump’s. Just Not in the Way You Might Think.
Long regarded as two versions of the same populist phenomenon, they’re now clearly two different stories — each with its own cautionary tale.
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David Runciman
May 19, 2025
E.U. and U.K. Strike a Deal: What to Know
Top officials from Britain and the European Union gathered in London on Monday to announce a “reset” of post-Brexit relations.
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Jeanna Smialek
May 19, 2025
Britain’s Right-Wing News Media Line Up to Attack ‘Surrender Summit’ With E.U.
Most British people believe Brexit was a mistake. But Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s attempts to edge closer to Europe face huge opposition in the national news media.
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Stephen Castle
May 18, 2025
After Brexit, Rapprochement? How Trump’s America Is Reuniting Europe.
A summit on Monday between Britain and the European Union, expected to include a defense pact, may kick-start a new era.
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May 18, 2025
Starmer, Under Pressure From the Right, Pledges to Cut Immigration to U.K.
Prime Minister Keir Starmer said his government was “taking back control of our borders,” weeks after a right-wing populist party, Reform U.K., made gains in municipal elections.
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[Britain Rejoins E.U. Student Exchange Program That It Left After Brexit](https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/17/world/europe/uk-eu-erasmus-scheme-students-brexit.html)
The government said it would pay about \$760 million to allow young Britons to take part in 2027.
By Stephen Castle
Dec. 17, 2025
2. 
Guest Essay
[Why the ‘Affordability Hoax’ Is a Trap for Trump](https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/opinion/trump-affordability-crisis-hoax.html)
I doubt this was what Trump meant when he called himself “Mr. Brexit.”
By Thomas B. Edsall
Dec. 9, 2025
3. 
Guest Essay
[Britain’s Struggles Are America’s Future](https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/08/opinion/brexit-tariffs-trump-uncertainty.html)
The latest and best evidence of the damage is a warning about Trump-era tariff policies.
By Binyamin Appelbaum
Dec. 8, 2025
4. 
[The British Public Thinks Immigration Is Up. It’s Actually Down, Sharply.](https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/27/world/europe/uk-immigration-statistics.html)
Net migration to Britain has fallen by almost 80 percent from its 2023 peak, according to data released on Thursday.
By Michael D. Shear
Nov. 27, 2025
5. 
Ross Douthat
[What Is Post-Liberalism, Anyway?](https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/opinion/post-liberalism-politics.html)
Notes on an unstable but necessary idea.
By Ross Douthat
Nov. 18, 2025
6. 
Guest Essay
[Could This Unserious, Mischievous, Frightening Man Be Britain’s Next Prime Minister?](https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/27/opinion/nigel-farage-britain-reform.html)
His rise is both a symptom and a cause of the newly febrile mood in Britain.
By Samuel Earle
Oct. 27, 2025
7. 
[U.K. Politician Admits Making Pro-Russia Statements in Return for Bribes](https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/26/world/europe/gill-russia-britain-bribery.html)
Nathan Gill, a former leader of Reform U.K. in Wales, pleaded guilty on Friday to charges of bribery while he was a member of the European Parliament.
By Lizzie Dearden
Sept. 26, 2025
8. 
Guest Essay
[Britain Offers a Warning of What America Could Become](https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/18/opinion/trump-britain-state-visit.html)
Both the United States and Britain are suffering through crises of identity.
By Ben Rhodes
Sept. 18, 2025
9. 
[Trump’s Trip to Scotland Echoes an Earlier Visit, When He Applauded Brexit](https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/26/world/europe/trump-brexit-scotland-uk.html)
Before his 2016 election, President Trump correctly predicted that the forces animating Brexit would go beyond the United Kingdom. But now most Britons say Brexit was a mistake.
By Mark Landler
July 26, 2025
10. 
[German and U.K. Leaders Sign Mutual Defense Pact as U.S. Steps Back](https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/17/world/europe/germany-uk-merz-starmer-meeting.html)
The new treaty includes a pledge by both countries to regard a threat against one as a threat against the other, in the latest sign of European nations uniting amid growing instability.
By Mark Landler and Jim Tankersley
[Leer en español](https://www.nytimes.com/es/2025/07/17/espanol/mundo/alemania-reino-unido-merz-starmer.html "Read in Spanish")
July 17, 2025
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[U.K. and France Sign First Nuclear Pact to Fend Off Threat to Europe](https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/10/world/europe/starmer-macron-nuclear-agreement.html)
At a summit on Thursday, Prime Minister Keir Starmer and President Emmanuel Macron also announced a “one in, one out” pilot program on migrants crossing the English Channel.
By Mark Landler and Michael D. Shear
July 10, 2025
12. 
[Nobel Prize-Winning Physicist Is Stripped of Dutch Citizenship](https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/04/world/europe/nobel-physicist-dutch-citizenship-revoked.html)
Thirteen years ago, Andre Geim took British citizenship to accept a knighthood. He has just learned he can no longer be a citizen of the Netherlands as a result.
By Ephrat Livni
[Leer en español](https://www.nytimes.com/es/2025/07/05/espanol/mundo/paises-bajos-ciudadania-fisico-nobel.html "Read in Spanish")
July 4, 2025
13. 
[An Eighth-Generation Oyster Farmer Sees Hope in Britain’s Trade Deal](https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/16/business/uk-eu-trade-deal-oysters.html)
Brexit had complicated many of Britain’s food exports to Europe. A new trade deal between the U.K. and the E.U. could make them easier, including for shellfish farmers.
By Eshe Nelson
June 16, 2025
14. 
News Analysis
[U.K. Trade Deals Bare the Reality: It’s a Midsize Economy Among Giants](https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/20/world/europe/uk-starmer-eu-deal.html)
Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s government had to make some politically fraught concessions to eke out trade deals with the E.U. and the U.S.
By Mark Landler
[Leer en español](https://www.nytimes.com/es/2025/05/20/espanol/mundo/reino-unido-trump-acuerdo-comercial.html "Read in Spanish")
May 20, 2025
15. 
[Britain and E.U. Strike Landmark Post-Brexit ‘Reset’ Deal](https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/19/world/europe/uk-eu-deal-brexit-reset.html)
The agreement includes a new defense partnership and reduced checks on food and drink, removing some trade barriers after months of negotiations.
By Stephen Castle and Jeanna Smialek
May 19, 2025
16. 
[Brexit’s Failures Could Foreshadow Trump’s. Just Not in the Way You Might Think.](https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/19/magazine/brexit-trump-populism.html)
Long regarded as two versions of the same populist phenomenon, they’re now clearly two different stories — each with its own cautionary tale.
By David Runciman
May 19, 2025
17. 
[E.U. and U.K. Strike a Deal: What to Know](https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/19/world/europe/uk-eu-summit-starmer.html)
Top officials from Britain and the European Union gathered in London on Monday to announce a “reset” of post-Brexit relations.
By Jeanna Smialek
May 19, 2025
18. 
[Britain’s Right-Wing News Media Line Up to Attack ‘Surrender Summit’ With E.U.](https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/18/world/europe/uk-brexit-eu-summit.html)
Most British people believe Brexit was a mistake. But Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s attempts to edge closer to Europe face huge opposition in the national news media.
By Stephen Castle
May 18, 2025
19. 
[After Brexit, Rapprochement? How Trump’s America Is Reuniting Europe.](https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/18/world/europe/uk-eu-summit-trump.html)
A summit on Monday between Britain and the European Union, expected to include a defense pact, may kick-start a new era.
By Jeanna Smialek and Stephen Castle
May 18, 2025
20. 
[Starmer, Under Pressure From the Right, Pledges to Cut Immigration to U.K.](https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/12/world/europe/starmer-uk-immigration.html)
Prime Minister Keir Starmer said his government was “taking back control of our borders,” weeks after a right-wing populist party, Reform U.K., made gains in municipal elections.
By Stephen Castle
May 12, 2025
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## News and opinion about Britain’s exit from the European Union.
## News and opinion about Britain’s exit from the European Union.
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[Britain Rejoins E.U. Student Exchange Program That It Left After Brexit](https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/17/world/europe/uk-eu-erasmus-scheme-students-brexit.html)
The government said it would pay about \$760 million to allow young Britons to take part in 2027.
By Stephen Castle
Dec. 17, 2025
2. 
Guest Essay
[Why the ‘Affordability Hoax’ Is a Trap for Trump](https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/opinion/trump-affordability-crisis-hoax.html)
I doubt this was what Trump meant when he called himself “Mr. Brexit.”
By Thomas B. Edsall
Dec. 9, 2025
3. 
Guest Essay
[Britain’s Struggles Are America’s Future](https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/08/opinion/brexit-tariffs-trump-uncertainty.html)
The latest and best evidence of the damage is a warning about Trump-era tariff policies.
By Binyamin Appelbaum
Dec. 8, 2025
4. 
[The British Public Thinks Immigration Is Up. It’s Actually Down, Sharply.](https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/27/world/europe/uk-immigration-statistics.html)
Net migration to Britain has fallen by almost 80 percent from its 2023 peak, according to data released on Thursday.
By Michael D. Shear
Nov. 27, 2025
5. 
Ross Douthat
[What Is Post-Liberalism, Anyway?](https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/opinion/post-liberalism-politics.html)
Notes on an unstable but necessary idea.
By Ross Douthat
Nov. 18, 2025
6. 
Guest Essay
[Could This Unserious, Mischievous, Frightening Man Be Britain’s Next Prime Minister?](https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/27/opinion/nigel-farage-britain-reform.html)
His rise is both a symptom and a cause of the newly febrile mood in Britain.
By Samuel Earle
Oct. 27, 2025
7. 
[U.K. Politician Admits Making Pro-Russia Statements in Return for Bribes](https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/26/world/europe/gill-russia-britain-bribery.html)
Nathan Gill, a former leader of Reform U.K. in Wales, pleaded guilty on Friday to charges of bribery while he was a member of the European Parliament.
By Lizzie Dearden
Sept. 26, 2025
8. 
Guest Essay
[Britain Offers a Warning of What America Could Become](https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/18/opinion/trump-britain-state-visit.html)
Both the United States and Britain are suffering through crises of identity.
By Ben Rhodes
Sept. 18, 2025
9. 
[Trump’s Trip to Scotland Echoes an Earlier Visit, When He Applauded Brexit](https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/26/world/europe/trump-brexit-scotland-uk.html)
Before his 2016 election, President Trump correctly predicted that the forces animating Brexit would go beyond the United Kingdom. But now most Britons say Brexit was a mistake.
By Mark Landler
July 26, 2025
10. 
[German and U.K. Leaders Sign Mutual Defense Pact as U.S. Steps Back](https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/17/world/europe/germany-uk-merz-starmer-meeting.html)
The new treaty includes a pledge by both countries to regard a threat against one as a threat against the other, in the latest sign of European nations uniting amid growing instability.
By Mark Landler and Jim Tankersley
[Leer en español](https://www.nytimes.com/es/2025/07/17/espanol/mundo/alemania-reino-unido-merz-starmer.html "Read in Spanish")
July 17, 2025
11. 
[U.K. and France Sign First Nuclear Pact to Fend Off Threat to Europe](https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/10/world/europe/starmer-macron-nuclear-agreement.html)
At a summit on Thursday, Prime Minister Keir Starmer and President Emmanuel Macron also announced a “one in, one out” pilot program on migrants crossing the English Channel.
By Mark Landler and Michael D. Shear
July 10, 2025
12. 
[Nobel Prize-Winning Physicist Is Stripped of Dutch Citizenship](https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/04/world/europe/nobel-physicist-dutch-citizenship-revoked.html)
Thirteen years ago, Andre Geim took British citizenship to accept a knighthood. He has just learned he can no longer be a citizen of the Netherlands as a result.
By Ephrat Livni
[Leer en español](https://www.nytimes.com/es/2025/07/05/espanol/mundo/paises-bajos-ciudadania-fisico-nobel.html "Read in Spanish")
July 4, 2025
13. 
[An Eighth-Generation Oyster Farmer Sees Hope in Britain’s Trade Deal](https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/16/business/uk-eu-trade-deal-oysters.html)
Brexit had complicated many of Britain’s food exports to Europe. A new trade deal between the U.K. and the E.U. could make them easier, including for shellfish farmers.
By Eshe Nelson
June 16, 2025
14. 
News Analysis
[U.K. Trade Deals Bare the Reality: It’s a Midsize Economy Among Giants](https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/20/world/europe/uk-starmer-eu-deal.html)
Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s government had to make some politically fraught concessions to eke out trade deals with the E.U. and the U.S.
By Mark Landler
[Leer en español](https://www.nytimes.com/es/2025/05/20/espanol/mundo/reino-unido-trump-acuerdo-comercial.html "Read in Spanish")
May 20, 2025
15. 
[Britain and E.U. Strike Landmark Post-Brexit ‘Reset’ Deal](https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/19/world/europe/uk-eu-deal-brexit-reset.html)
The agreement includes a new defense partnership and reduced checks on food and drink, removing some trade barriers after months of negotiations.
By Stephen Castle and Jeanna Smialek
May 19, 2025
16. 
[Brexit’s Failures Could Foreshadow Trump’s. Just Not in the Way You Might Think.](https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/19/magazine/brexit-trump-populism.html)
Long regarded as two versions of the same populist phenomenon, they’re now clearly two different stories — each with its own cautionary tale.
By David Runciman
May 19, 2025
17. 
[E.U. and U.K. Strike a Deal: What to Know](https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/19/world/europe/uk-eu-summit-starmer.html)
Top officials from Britain and the European Union gathered in London on Monday to announce a “reset” of post-Brexit relations.
By Jeanna Smialek
May 19, 2025
18. 
[Britain’s Right-Wing News Media Line Up to Attack ‘Surrender Summit’ With E.U.](https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/18/world/europe/uk-brexit-eu-summit.html)
Most British people believe Brexit was a mistake. But Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s attempts to edge closer to Europe face huge opposition in the national news media.
By Stephen Castle
May 18, 2025
19. 
[After Brexit, Rapprochement? How Trump’s America Is Reuniting Europe.](https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/18/world/europe/uk-eu-summit-trump.html)
A summit on Monday between Britain and the European Union, expected to include a defense pact, may kick-start a new era.
By Jeanna Smialek and Stephen Castle
May 18, 2025
20. 
[Starmer, Under Pressure From the Right, Pledges to Cut Immigration to U.K.](https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/12/world/europe/starmer-uk-immigration.html)
Prime Minister Keir Starmer said his government was “taking back control of our borders,” weeks after a right-wing populist party, Reform U.K., made gains in municipal elections.
By Stephen Castle
May 12, 2025
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