Five European premiers want the November summit with Britain to fix a roadmap for rejoining the bloc’s shared power market. Their letter to the Commission and Council presidents urges both capitals to finish the electricity talks without further drift.
The group — the heads of government in Berlin, Brussels, The Hague, Luxembourg and Copenhagen — cast the UK as a partner on clean power. They argue North Sea wind and cables will only hit full scale if London sits inside the same trading rules as its neighbours, cutting bills and hardening supply.
Brexit left Britain outside that market. Trade body Energy UK has floated multi-billion costs from higher prices and weaker investment if nothing changes this parliament. The EU, though, wants a British payment into cohesion funds — awkward politics after defence-fund talks already collapsed over cash.
On 20 November both sides still expect to ink packages on food rules, carbon trading and youth exchanges. The power-market treaty will not be ready that day; supportive capitals want at least a dated path toward wrapping it up by late 2027.
Cheaper electricity sits high on Prime Minister Andy Burnham’s domestic list. Whether Downing Street swallows a cohesion-style bill may decide how quickly — and whether — the talks succeed.
Boosters talk up shared offshore grids; sceptics in London warn of new money flowing to Brussels without a full vote on the rulebook.
