World leaders to meet this week to tackle immigration and vow to defend Ukraine
More than 800 scones will be served during afternoon tea at Blenheim Palace
World leaders will converge on Blenheim Palace this week to debate the challenge of illegal immigration and the defence of Ukraine.
The Prime Minister has called on fellow leaders to “do more and go further” ahead of the meeting of the European Political Community meeting on Thursday.
Sir Keir Starmer has warned that they “cannot be spectators in this chapter of history”. He will separately meet with Irish Taoiseach Simon Harris and the French President Emmanuel Macron in a bid to “rebuild relationships”.
The PM wants to demonstrate “ironclad” support for Ukraine and will push for military and financial support ahead of what is expected to be a “difficult” winter.
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More than 45 European leaders will meet at the event at the birthplace of Winston Churchill. When not focused on the biggest challenges facing the continent, they will enjoy Oxfordshire strawberries and cream; more than 800 scones will be served during afternoon tea.
Sir Keir said: “Europe is at the forefront of some of the greatest challenges of our time. Russia’s barbaric war continues to reverberate across our continent, while vile smuggling gangs traffic innocent people on perilous journeys that too often end in tragedy.
“We cannot be spectators in this chapter of history. We must do more and go further, not just for the courageous Ukrainians on the frontlines, or those being trafficked from country-to-country, but so our future generations look back with pride at what our continent achieved together.”
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The European Political Community was founded in 2022.
This will be the first time that representatives of Nato will also attend.
Eighty per cent of the fruits and vegetables served to delegates will come from Blenheim’s gardens.
The Palace was used by MI5 from 1940 to 1945 after the intelligence service’s headquarters was damaged in the Blitz.
