Czech PM doesn't expect change in relations or foreign policy after UK Labour win

Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala has congratulated the new UK leader Keir Starmer on social media site X, saying he looks forward to meeting him at the European Political Community Summit which is taking place in the UK on 18 July.

In a separate statement made on Friday morning through a government spokesperson, he said that he expects the excellent relations between Czechia and the UK to continue following Labour's landslide victory in the British parliamentary elections and that he does not expect any major changes in UK foreign policy. He pointed to the fact that Labour leader Keir Starmer, who will replace outgoing Conservative Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, has repeatedly expressed his firm support for Ukraine against Russia. Mr Fiala also said that the Czech government wants to continue developing and deepening Czech-British relations and that he believes the two countries will continue cooperating in specific areas, such as in the field of small modular reactors (SMRs) for producing nuclear energy.

The UK parliamentary elections took place on Thursday, with the Labour victory becoming clear early on Friday morning when the former opposition party passed the key 326 Westminster seat threshold needed to gain a majority in parliament and run the country.