European leaders pay tribute to Starmer as EU-UK summit is postponed

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European leaders have paid tribute to Keir Starmer after he announced his resignation as prime minister, triggering the postponement of an upcoming EU-UK summit.

The European Council president, António Costa, said “for sure we need to postpone it, but we are reassessing the opportunity to hold this new summit”.