Intro

It is an interesting week for not only the United Kingdom and France, but also for the future of UK-EU relations when it comes to the topic of migration and people crossing the English Channel in small boats. French President Emmanuel Macron is heading to London and Windsor this week for the first official state visit to the UK since 2008. In this special podcast episode in English, Gerald Knaus and Philipp Sandmann talk about the enormous significance of this visit and whether the two countries will take important steps towards a potential migrant returns deal. This could have an impact on not only the political landscape in both countries, but it could also - potentially - determine the future of UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer.