The trip is part of the UK prime minister's two-day talks in Europe aimed at "resetting" the country's post-Brexit relationship with the EU.
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00:00UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer is meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron in Paris
00:07as he undertakes two days of talks aimed at resetting the UK's post-Brexit relationship
00:12with the EU.
00:15It's reported the purpose of the visit is to give new impetus to French-British relations.
00:23Starmer's Paris trip follows his visit to Germany, where he announced plans to draw
00:27up a new UK-German partnership treaty covering defence, energy security, science and technology.
00:35However, Starmer has made it clear that establishing closer ties with Europe does not mean reversing
00:42Brexit.
00:46He also said the UK does not have plans to join the EU's youth mobility scheme, which
00:52would give young people in the EU the right to live and work in the UK and vice versa.