Portrait of Keir Starmer, the new leader of the British Labor Party

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Keir Starmer, Leader of the Labor Party in Parliament, May 13, 2020. UK Parliament / Jessica Taylor

By: Béatrice Leveillé

Keir Starmer got his start as opposition leader against the British Prime Minister in front of an almost empty Parliament. The new British opposition leader has succeeded in destabilizing Boris Johnson, who has barely recovered from the virus that has kept him out of politics for several weeks. Keir Starmer is our European of the week.

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