Tensions between the United Kingdom and European Union are high, ever since Britain voted to leave the pan-European bloc in the Brexit referendum of 2016. Despite this, major figures within the EU and politicians in France and Germany have come out in support of the UK, after a former Russian intelligence officer living in Salisbury was poisoned with a nerve agent by people working on behalf of Moscow. Angela Merkel, current Chancellor of Germany and a major pro-EU figure, issued a statement saying, “, it’s up to Russia to quickly provide answers to the British government’s justified questions and to heed the call to completely and immediately lay bare the relevant chemical weapons programme to the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons.”
The UK has set a deadline for 00:00, March 14th to explain their involvement in the attack.
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