British Prime Minister Andy Burnham today promised to fight for a good agreement with the EU before the crucial summit in Brussels, which will take place next week.
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12/11/2026
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O british Prime Minister Andy Burnham promised today to “fight” to achieve “a good agreement” on closer relations between the United Kingdom and the European Union (EU) before a crucial summit next week in Brussels.
“ I believe we can get a good deal for the UK, and that is why I will fight in the coming days,” Andy Burnham said after discussions with European leaders in Dublin.
The head of the British executive predicts that negotiations will continue “to the last moment” and that “things will probably get complicated” before the summit on 20 November.
The Heads of State and Government of the European Union meet in Dublin to examine the opportunities and challenges of Artificial Intelligence, but also to discuss the representation of the bloc in possible negotiations with Russia.
These will be the only agenda points for the summit organised by Ireland as part of its six-month presidency of the EU Council. As an informal summit, no decisions or formal conclusions are foreseen.
It was initially planned that the meeting should be devoted exclusively to the theme of Artificial Intelligence (IA), but in recent days António Costa decided to include on the agenda a debate on the war in Ukraine, after receiving two letters from EU leaders.