Macron tells the press conference that efforts to support Ukraine are not abstract. "These are hundreds of military personnel already mobilised... existing staff and planning already done"

Macron points out that Brexit has made it harder to tackle illegal migration, in spite of what voters were promised. "Since Brexit the UK has no migratory agreement with the EU"

On the return agreement, Keir Starmer says: The first thing to appreciate is this is groundbreaking. This is a scheme intended to break the model. If you cross in a small boat you'll end up where you started"

Starmer throws shade at Nigel Farage as he hits out at "performative politics of the easy answer". "While we've been working hard on getting a returns agreement, others have been taking photos"

Keir Starmer aims brutal swipe at Nigel Farage as 'groundbreaking' migrant return deal reached mirror.co.uk/news/politics/…

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Starmer says a German clampdown targeting people smugglers 'shows we mean business'

Spiky from Starmer when asked if suspending MPs was weak. "We have to deal with people who repeatedly break the whip because, everyone was elected as a Labour MP on the manifesto of Change, and everybody needs to deliver as a Labour government," he says

On people trafficking, the PM says he's been 'concerned' that German law didn't allow authorities to seize small boat components 'for a country that had left the EU'. It comes after Emmanuel Macron last week blamed Brexit for worsening the crisis

Merz tells the audience that the impacts of Brexit have been 'painfully clear' as he hails a new chapter in UK-German relations

Oh boy mirror.co.uk/news/politics/…