Ball in UK’s court: EU ambassador says Brussels will be ‘ready to engage‘ after country decides what it wants

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Jukka Salovaara, who served in London during Cool Britannia era, will be ‘very close’ to negotiations as Burnham government resets relations with EU Jukka Salovaara, the newly installed European Union ambassador to the UK, is likely to become a ubiqu…

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  • Reported by The Guardian and published Mon, 05 Oct 2026 04:00:48 UTC.

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