00:02A summit between the European Union and the United Kingdom set to take place on the 22nd
00:08of July is looking increasingly doubtful after UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced his
00:13resignation on Monday. Brussels confirmed that the plans are being reassessed.
00:20On the question of the EU-UK summit against the announcement this morning of the resignation by
00:29Prime Minister Starmer, we are reassessing with President Costa and the UK the opportunity of
00:37still holding the summit as had been announced last week and we will take it from here.
00:45Starmer's government had made restoring strained post-Brexit ties with the European Union a priority
00:51of his mandate. He was closing in on a series of deals to bolster trade, integrate electricity
00:57markets and boost youth mobility in time for the July summit, the second of its kind.
01:04Speaking from a podium in front of number 10 Downing Street on Monday, Starmer laid out a
01:09timetable for his departure that would see a new Prime Minister installed by September at the latest.
01:15But it is now looking increasingly likely that Andy Burnham, the former mayor of Greater Manchester,
01:21who is considered the favourite to succeed Starmer, could step into the role in mid-July.
01:27Paradeel.
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