Britain and France: Past, Present and Future

Text of a speech Britain and France: Past, Present and Future given by the United Kingdom Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt in Paris on 8 November 2018. Mr Hunt said that the relationship between the two countries was one of 'competition and cooperation, similarity and difference'. But that Brexit Britain would be 'a European power whose values remain European'.

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Institut Montaigne / King's College London: Policy Institute: The UK-France defence and security relationship: How to improve cooperation. Report of the UK-France Taskforce, November 2018 http://www.europeansources.info/record/the-uk-france-defence-and-security-relationship-how-to-improve-cooperation-report-of-the-uk-france-taskforce-november-2018/

ESO: In Focus: Brexit - The United Kingdom and the European Union http://www.europeansources.info/record/brexit-the-united-kingdom-and-the-european-union/

BBC News, 08.11.18: Brexit: Jeremy Hunt to hail 'bond of friendship' with France https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-46128372

The Guardian, 08.11.18: Brexit will not destroy Anglo-French relations, says Jeremy Hunt https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/nov/07/brexit-will-not-destroy-anglo-french-relations-jeremy-hunt-to-say

The Local France, 08.11.18: 'We can still be friends': UK foreign secretary tries to soothe Brexit tensions with France https://www.thelocal.fr/20181108/britain-foreign-secretary-tries-to-soothe-brexit-tensions-with-france

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