UK's Starmer talks of youth mobility deal from EU summit, Times reports

17/5/2025 7:20

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer

raised the prospect that a youth mobility deal with the European

Union will be struck next week, saying in an interview on Friday

that this would not amount to a return to freedom of movement.



Starmer will welcome EU leaders to London on Monday to help

reset relations with the bloc, with both sides aiming to secure

progress in some specific areas while other issues will remain

off-limits.



Opposition politicians, including Nigel Farage who leads the

increasingly popular Reform UK, say making it easier for more

young EU citizens to come to Britain could open the door to full

freedom of movement.



In the interview, Starmer told the Times newspaper that

overall freedom of movement was a "red line", adding that "youth

mobility is not freedom of movement".