Over in Dublin, where the European Political Community summit is taking place, European parliament president Roberta Metsola told journalists she would do “anything in my power” to turn the political intent behind the announced UK-EU reset plan into “very tangible steps”.

Roberta Metsola speaking to the press.
President of the European parliament, Roberta Metsola, speaks to the media ahead of the European Political Community summit in Dublin. Photograph: Liam McBurney/PA

“We have a very solid UK-EU parliamentary assembly and partnership, and that is the partnership that we will be using in order to make sure that any agreement and all measures that are taken next week during the [EU-UK] summit will be implemented through majorities in parliament,” she said.