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  • Affairs
  • London
  • Episode 3252
  • 16 Apr 2026
  • 39 min

Macron and Starmer take the lead on securing the Strait of Hormuz: will they cut Trump out?

  • The Monocle Daily
  • Affairs
  • London
  • Episode 3252
  • 39 min

France and the UK are to convene a meeting of “non-belligerent” countries to discuss how best to police the vital waterway after the conflict. How will excluding the US play out? Plus: the push and pull of resetting Hungary-EU relations and the UK rejoins the Erasmus exchange scheme.

Host
  • Andrew Mueller
Contributors
  • Christy O'Grady
  • Josefina Astrid Nagler Gómez
Guests
  • Phillip Marliere
  • Marie Le Conte
Producer
  • Angelica Jopson

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