{"id":4304,"date":"2026-03-19T15:49:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-19T15:49:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/?p=4304"},"modified":"2026-03-19T15:49:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T15:49:08","slug":"sadiq-khan-calls-for-labour-to-campaign-on-rejoining-eu-at-next-general-election","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/?p=4304","title":{"rendered":"Sadiq Khan calls for Labour to campaign on rejoining EU at next general election"},"content":{"rendered":"

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“The option to rejoin should be on the ballot at the next General Election.”<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n

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Sadiq Khan has urged Labour to campaign on rejoining the European Union at the next general election.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The Mayor of London is one of the most vocal and prominent pro-EU voices in the Labour Party, having repeatedly called for the UK to join the customs union and single market.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Speaking to the Italian publication\u00a0La Repubblica, Khan said: \u201cWe should, as a Labour party, fight the next general election with a clear manifesto commitment, a vote for Labour means we would rejoin the\u00a0European Union.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cI think it\u2019s inevitable,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Referencing the global instability ever since Donald Trump\u2019s reelection, Khan said: \u201cPresident Trump is imposing tariffs to friend and foe, creating huge economic uncertainty that was unforeseen at the last general election.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201c[And] America is involved with Israel in a war in Iran, causing huge additional economic uncertainty, affecting the price of oil, affecting the cost of living. God knows what President Trump\u2019s exit strategy is, what the endgame is.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cSo the facts have changed. The evidence has changed, which is why this parliament, we should rejoin the customs union and single market. I\u2019m quite clear.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cOn the ballot paper of the next general election is a vote for Labour, a vote to rejoin the European Union, and we should be unequivocal about the benefits of the European [Union] because we\u2019ve now seen the alternative.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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In a post on social media, Khan said the evidence is \u201coverwhelming\u201d that Brexit has been a \u201cdisaster for London and the UK.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cRejoining the EU is now clearly in our national interest,\u201d he wrote. \u201cThe option to rejoin should be on the ballot at the next General Election.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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This week, chancellor Rachel Reeves and European affairs minister Nick Thomas-Symonds both called for closer alignment between Britain and the EU.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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