Brussels hails UK deal as 'new chapter' - but much is yet to be writtenUK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer and EU chief Ursula von der Leyen have both hailed their new deal as a "new chapter" that benefits both sides"We're turning a page," EU chief Ursula von der Leyen said on Monday after the bloc's first summit with the UK since Brexit. For Brussels, this negotiation was a chance to bring Britain – a major defence power – closer in a time of geopolitical turbulence. Officials in Brussels had long voiced exasperation – even distrust – with prior Conservative administrations, a party with a vocal Brexit-backing contingent. Some Brexit supporters are now castigating a deal that they say amounts to a sell-out of sovereignty to EU bureaucrats. The EU got its fishing deal.