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curl -X POST \
  'http://laksa137.int.ahrefs:8124/' \
  -H 'Content-Type: text/plain' \
  -H 'X-ClickHouse-Database: crawler3' \
  -H 'Authorization: Basic YXBpOg==' \
  -d 'SELECT getAhrefsURLFromUnparsed(src_unparsed) AS found_url, ifNull(toUnixTimestamp(download_stamp), 0) AS crawl_time, ifNull(toUnixTimestamp(props_url_first_seen), 0) AS first_indexed_time, download_http_code AS http_code, src_unparsed AS src_unparsed, src_root_hash AS src_root_hash, history_drop_reason AS history_drop_reason, meta_title AS meta_title, meta_descriptions AS meta_descriptions, attrs_boilerpipe_text AS attrs_boilerpipe_text, attrs_markdown AS attrs_markdown, attrs_readable_markdown AS attrs_readable_markdown, meta_canonical AS meta_canonical, ml_categories_json AS ml_categories_json, ml_types_json AS ml_types_json, ml_intent_types_json AS ml_intent_types_json, meta_language AS meta_language, attrs_author AS attrs_author, ifNull(toUnixTimestamp(attrs_publish_time), 0) AS attrs_publish_time, ifNull(toUnixTimestamp(attrs_original_publish_time), 0) AS attrs_original_publish_time, ifNull(attrs_is_republished, 0) AS attrs_is_republished, ifNull(attrs_nr_words, 0) AS attrs_nr_words, ifNull(attrs_boilerpipe_nr_words, 0) AS attrs_boilerpipe_nr_words, ifNull(body_ext_links_number, 0) AS body_ext_links_number, ifNull(body_int_links_number, 0) AS body_int_links_number, ifNull(meta_nofollow, 0) AS meta_nofollow, ifNull(meta_noarchive, 0) AS meta_noarchive, ifNull(props_was_rendered, 0) AS props_was_rendered, ifNull(src_redirect, \'\') AS src_redirect, ifNull(download_time_msec, 0) AS download_time_msec, ifNull(download_ttfb_msec, 0) AS download_ttfb_msec, ifNull(download_size, 0) AS download_size FROM crawler3.page_info_local FINAL PREWHERE (src_root_hash, src_unparsed) IN ((getAhrefsRootHashFromUnparsed(getAhrefsUnparsedNoserviceFromURL(\'https://www.politico.eu/article/emily-thornberry-uk-eu-brexit-reset-clarity/\')), getAhrefsUnparsedNoserviceFromURL(\'https://www.politico.eu/article/emily-thornberry-uk-eu-brexit-reset-clarity/\'))) FORMAT JSONEachRow'

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Because it's quite clear what the Europeans want, and that there are times when it is not necessarily as clear about what it is that we want to achieve.”\n\nStarmer last year struck a deal in principle with the EU that opened talks on a spread of agreements covering trade in agri-food, electricity interconnections, carbon markets, and visas for young people. Negotiations on the topics are currently ongoing, with most of the files expected to be completed by the summer.\n\nBut the prime minister and his finance chief Rachel Reeves have since hinted that they want to go further and align the U.K. with the EU single market in other areas — while ruling out joining the EU customs union.\n\nAdvertisement\n\nAdvertisement\n\nThe government is yet to say exactly which sectors it would prioritize, however — and Starmer has said he wants the U.K.-EU relationship to be “iterative\" with new cooperation added on an annual basis at regular summits.\n\n### **Scrutiny**\nThe new report also calls for the re-establishment of a dedicated European Scrutiny Committee in the House of Commons, to oversee the Brexit reset and Britain's wider relationship with the continent.\n\nA version of the specialized EU affairs committee had existed since 1972, but it was disestablished by Starmer's new government in 2024 — with responsibility for the topic passing to Thornberry's Foreign Affairs Committee, as well as a group of unelected lawmakers in the House of Lords.\n\nThornberry told POLITICO: “The truth is that there are only 11 of us … we had, at one stage, ten reports open, which sounds ridiculous, but then you think about the state of the world, and you think, well, yeah, of course.\n\n“We haven't properly done a study into China yet. And how can we not have done an inquiry into China? The reason is because you just can't do everything, although we are trying. So I think in order to give our developing relationship with the European Union the scrutiny that it definitely deserves, we do think that there needs to be another team working on it.”\n\nA U.K. government spokesperson said: “Our priorities are clear: working in the national interest to deliver a strategic shift in our relationship with the EU through improved diplomatic, economic, and security cooperation.\n\n“This includes securing a landmark food and drink trade deal and the carbon linking agreement by the next UK-EU Summit that will add £9 billion a year to the UK economy.\n\n“We are stripping away the costly bureaucracy and red tape that acts as a drag on growth, backing British jobs and putting more money in people's pockets across the country.”\n\nAdvertisement\n\nAdvertisement\n\nRelated Tags\n\n[Cooperation](https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/tag\/cooperation\/)   [Customs Union](https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/tag\/customs-union\/)   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‘Volatile’ world requires Britain to get close to EU, Starmer says The U.K. PM’s comments come as his chancellor says she’s “angry” with Donald Trump. Apr 1 3 mins read Keir Starmer’s pick-and-choose Brexit deal faces uphill battle Brussels officials are wary of previous British attempts to “cherry pick” the benefits of the EU while shirking the obligations of membership. Mar 29 5 mins read Downing Street dismisses Sadiq Khan’s call to reverse Brexit London mayor had called for election promise from Labour to rejoin the EU. Mar 19 2 mins read EU insists on tuition fees cut as price of Brexit reset “Frustrated” Brussels says issue must be resolved before talks can conclude. Mar 13 3 mins read

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[Trade UK](https://www.politico.eu/section/trade-uk/) # Britain told to stop being so ‘secretive’ about its Brexit reset New report from cross-party committee of UK lawmakers says Keir Starmer is not being clear about what it’s after in its rebuilding of ties with the European Union. - [Copy Link Copied](https://www.politico.eu/article/emily-thornberry-uk-eu-brexit-reset-clarity/ "Copy Link") - [Share via email](https://www.politico.eu/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#152a777a716c287d616165663026543027533027536262623b657a797c617c767a3b70603027537467617c76797030275370787c796c38617d7a677b777067676c38607e387060387767706d7c6138677066706138767974677c616c302753333625262d2e6660777f7076612857677c61747c7b302725617a7971302725617a30272566617a6530272577707c7b72302725667a302725305027302d25302c2d6670766770617c6370305027302d25302c2c30272574777a60613027257c61663027255767706d7c613027256770667061 "EMail") - [Share on X](https://x.com/intent/post/?url=https://www.politico.eu/article/emily-thornberry-uk-eu-brexit-reset-clarity/&text=Britain%20told%20to%20stop%20being%20so%20%E2%80%98secretive%E2%80%99%20about%20its%20Brexit%20reset "X") - [Share on WhatsApp](https://api.whatsapp.com/send?text=Britain%20told%20to%20stop%20being%20so%20%E2%80%98secretive%E2%80%99%20about%20its%20Brexit%20reset%20https://www.politico.eu/article/emily-thornberry-uk-eu-brexit-reset-clarity/ "WhatsApp") - [Share on LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/sharing/share-offsite/?url=https://www.politico.eu/article/emily-thornberry-uk-eu-brexit-reset-clarity/&title=Britain%20told%20to%20stop%20being%20so%20%E2%80%98secretive%E2%80%99%20about%20its%20Brexit%20reset&summary=Britain%20told%20to%20stop%20being%20so%20%E2%80%98secretive%E2%80%99%20about%20its%20Brexit%20reset&source=https://www.politico.eu/article/emily-thornberry-uk-eu-brexit-reset-clarity/ "Linkedin") ![Labour Conference – Day Three And Leader’s Speech](https://www.politico.eu/cdn-cgi/image/width=1160,height=774,quality=80,onerror=redirect,format=auto/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/03/GettyImages-1727654132-scaled.jpg) Emily Thornberry said she understood why the government had been “nervous” when starting talks with Brussels, but said it should now be more ambitious and open. \| Nicola Tree/Getty Images March 4, 2026 1:01 am CET By [Jon Stone](https://www.politico.eu/author/jon-stone/) LONDON — The British government should stop being “unnecessarily secretive” about its plans for closer relations with the European Union and be much clearer about what it wants, the chair of the U.K. parliament's Foreign Affairs Committee said. In a report released on Wednesday, the cross-party committee of lawmakers urged ministers to publish a white paper outlining what they want the eventual relationship with the EU — billed as a Brexit "reset" — to look like. The Labour government should, they argued, “clarify” whether it is reconsidering its election manifesto red lines on trying to rejoin the bloc's single market and customs union — and whether "it can envisage any circumstances in which it would be prudent to do so.” Advertisement Advertisement “We do feel that the government is being unnecessarily secretive about it all and isn't sufficiently clear about what it is that it's doing and why — which we think is unfortunate,” Emily Thornberry told POLITICO in an interview timed with the report's launch. Thornberry, the veteran Labour MP for Islington South, whose constituency neighbors that of Prime Minister Keir Starmer, said she understood why the government had been “nervous” when starting talks with Brussels, but said it should now be more ambitious and open. “The truth is that the public have just sort of shrugged their shoulders and said, well, yeah, get on with it,” the committee chair said. “And so I think that it has been incumbent on the government to be more ambitious, to go further, and to be clearer about what it is that we want. Because it's quite clear what the Europeans want, and that there are times when it is not necessarily as clear about what it is that we want to achieve.” Starmer last year struck a deal in principle with the EU that opened talks on a spread of agreements covering trade in agri-food, electricity interconnections, carbon markets, and visas for young people. Negotiations on the topics are currently ongoing, with most of the files expected to be completed by the summer. But the prime minister and his finance chief Rachel Reeves have since hinted that they want to go further and align the U.K. with the EU single market in other areas — while ruling out joining the EU customs union. Advertisement Advertisement The government is yet to say exactly which sectors it would prioritize, however — and Starmer has said he wants the U.K.-EU relationship to be “iterative" with new cooperation added on an annual basis at regular summits. ### **Scrutiny** The new report also calls for the re-establishment of a dedicated European Scrutiny Committee in the House of Commons, to oversee the Brexit reset and Britain's wider relationship with the continent. A version of the specialized EU affairs committee had existed since 1972, but it was disestablished by Starmer's new government in 2024 — with responsibility for the topic passing to Thornberry's Foreign Affairs Committee, as well as a group of unelected lawmakers in the House of Lords. Thornberry told POLITICO: “The truth is that there are only 11 of us … we had, at one stage, ten reports open, which sounds ridiculous, but then you think about the state of the world, and you think, well, yeah, of course. “We haven't properly done a study into China yet. And how can we not have done an inquiry into China? The reason is because you just can't do everything, although we are trying. So I think in order to give our developing relationship with the European Union the scrutiny that it definitely deserves, we do think that there needs to be another team working on it.” A U.K. government spokesperson said: “Our priorities are clear: working in the national interest to deliver a strategic shift in our relationship with the EU through improved diplomatic, economic, and security cooperation. “This includes securing a landmark food and drink trade deal and the carbon linking agreement by the next UK-EU Summit that will add £9 billion a year to the UK economy. “We are stripping away the costly bureaucracy and red tape that acts as a drag on growth, backing British jobs and putting more money in people's pockets across the country.” Advertisement Advertisement Related Tags [Cooperation](https://www.politico.eu/tag/cooperation/) [Customs Union](https://www.politico.eu/tag/customs-union/) [Elections](https://www.politico.eu/tag/elections/) [Electricity](https://www.politico.eu/tag/electricity/) [EU affairs](https://www.politico.eu/tag/eu-affairs/) [Finance](https://www.politico.eu/tag/finance/) [Growth](https://www.politico.eu/tag/growth/) [Markets](https://www.politico.eu/tag/stock-markets/) [Negotiations](https://www.politico.eu/tag/negotiations/) [Single Market](https://www.politico.eu/tag/single-market/) [Trade](https://www.politico.eu/tag/trade/) [Visas](https://www.politico.eu/tag/visas/) Related Countries [United Kingdom](https://www.politico.eu/country/united-kingdom/) Related People [Emily Thornberry](https://www.politico.eu/person/emily-thornberry/) [Keir Starmer](https://www.politico.eu/person/keir-starmer/) [Rachel Reeves](https://www.politico.eu/person/rachel-reeves/) Related Organizations [House of Commons](https://www.politico.eu/eu-institution/house-of-commons/) [House of Lords](https://www.politico.eu/eu-institution/house-of-lords/) [Labour Party](https://www.politico.eu/eu-institution/labour-party/) ## Our readers read next ![Iran, die EU und viel Hilflosigkeit](https://www.politico.eu/cdn-cgi/image/width=380,height=214,quality=80,onerror=redirect,format=auto/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/15/Berlin-Playbook-Website-card-1-1-1.jpg) ## [Iran, die EU und viel Hilflosigkeit](https://www.politico.eu/podcast/berlin-playbook-podcast/iran-die-eu-und-viel-hilflosigkeit/) 2 HRS ago 2 mins read ![Eric Adams’ Albanian adventure: Behind former NYC mayor’s quest for a new passport](https://www.politico.eu/cdn-cgi/image/width=380,height=253,quality=80,onerror=redirect,format=auto/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/22/WhatsApp-Image-2026-04-14-at-22.57.02-scaled.jpeg) ## [Eric Adams’ Albanian adventure: Behind former NYC mayor’s quest for a new passport](https://www.politico.eu/article/behind-former-new-york-mayor-eric-adams-new-albanian-passport-tirana/) 4 HRS ago 5 mins read ![Europe’s auspicious renewable: Hydro power](https://www.politico.eu/cdn-cgi/image/width=380,height=214,quality=80,onerror=redirect,format=auto/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/22/GettyImages-2184552816-scaled.jpg) Beyond the Bubble ## [Europe’s auspicious renewable: Hydro power](https://www.politico.eu/article/europe-renewable-energy-hydro-power/) 4 HRS ago 5 mins read ![The wrath of the ‘Blob’: Keir Starmer triggers dangerous war with Whitehall ](https://www.politico.eu/cdn-cgi/image/width=380,height=253,quality=80,onerror=redirect,format=auto/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/22/GettyImages-2271201040-scaled.jpg) ## [The wrath of the ‘Blob’: Keir Starmer triggers dangerous war with Whitehall](https://www.politico.eu/article/the-wrath-of-the-blob-keir-starmer-dangerous-war-whitehall-civil-servants-peter-mandelson-olly-robbins/) 4 HRS ago 8 mins read ## More from Jon Stone ![‘Volatile’ world requires Britain to get close to EU, Starmer says](https://www.politico.eu/cdn-cgi/image/width=380,height=253,quality=80,onerror=redirect,format=auto/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/01/GettyImages-2211108192-scaled.jpg) ## [‘Volatile’ world requires Britain to get close to EU, Starmer says](https://www.politico.eu/article/volatile-world-requires-britain-uk-get-close-eu-keir-starmer/) The U.K. PM’s comments come as his chancellor says she’s “angry” with Donald Trump. 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![‘Volatile’ world requires Britain to get close to EU, Starmer says](https://www.politico.eu/cdn-cgi/image/width=380,height=253,quality=80,onerror=redirect,format=auto/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/01/GettyImages-2211108192-scaled.jpg) ## [‘Volatile’ world requires Britain to get close to EU, Starmer says](https://www.politico.eu/article/volatile-world-requires-britain-uk-get-close-eu-keir-starmer/) The U.K. PM’s comments come as his chancellor says she’s “angry” with Donald Trump. Apr 1 3 mins read ![Keir Starmer’s pick-and-choose Brexit deal faces uphill battle](https://www.politico.eu/cdn-cgi/image/width=380,height=252,quality=80,onerror=redirect,format=auto/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/10/GettyImages-2264940629-scaled.jpg) ## [Keir Starmer’s pick-and-choose Brexit deal faces uphill battle](https://www.politico.eu/article/uk-keir-starmer-pick-n-mix-brexit-deal-faces-uphill-battle/) Brussels officials are wary of previous British attempts to “cherry pick” the benefits of the EU while shirking the obligations of membership. Mar 29 5 mins read ![Downing Street dismisses Sadiq Khan’s call to reverse Brexit](https://www.politico.eu/cdn-cgi/image/width=380,height=253,quality=80,onerror=redirect,format=auto/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/19/GettyImages-2257395138-scaled.jpg) ## [Downing Street dismisses Sadiq Khan’s call to reverse Brexit](https://www.politico.eu/article/uk-downing-street-dismisses-london-sadiq-khans-call-reverse-brexit/) London mayor had called for election promise from Labour to rejoin the EU. Mar 19 2 mins read ![EU insists on tuition fees cut as price of Brexit reset](https://www.politico.eu/cdn-cgi/image/width=380,height=253,quality=80,onerror=redirect,format=auto/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/13/Christ-Church-College-Oxford-scaled.jpg) ## [EU insists on tuition fees cut as price of Brexit reset](https://www.politico.eu/article/eu-insists-tuition-fees-cut-price-brexit-reset/) “Frustrated” Brussels says issue must be resolved before talks can conclude. Mar 13 3 mins read

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