Nearly five years after Brexit, relations between the European Union and the United Kingdom are quietly evolving. This is not a story of reconciliation or return, but of selective cooperation shaped by political limits and economic realities. From student exchanges to defence talks and trade friction, both sides are recalibrating how closely they can work without reopening old battles, and what is emerging is a carefully managed partnership.
Click on to explore how this new relationship is taking shape, and where its limits remain.