28.06.2022 | Liz Truss rubbishes claims of new European political community as she eyes stronger NATO and G7 bond
Source - The Daily Express
Foreign Secretary Liz Truss has said that the UK has not expressed any interest in entering a wider European political community, as suggested by French President Emmanuel Macron.
Questioned by Foreign Affairs Committee chairman Tom Tugendhat, Ms Truss said that the UK had not agreed to such a proposal.
She said: "That is not true.
"I don't know the exact words that President Macron has used, but we have not agreed to that."
She added that the aims and ambitions of the UK were to "strengthen" NATO, as well as stressing the role of the G7 as a "key alliance".
Mr Tugendhat asked her: "You don't buy into his political and economic community?
Ms Truss replied: "No."
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