In Brussels and London, hopes are high that Keir Starmer’s freshly-installed UK government is about to get down to business to recalibrate the UK’s relationship with the European Union. Starmer has wasted no time in laying the groundwork for his promised “reset”: the NATO and European Political Community (EPC) summits in July were a chance for the new British prime minister to speed-date EU counterparts, and his ministers have since been criss-crossing the continent to reboot bilateral relations. His message – that the UK wants to repair its strained EU ties – was perfectly delivered in a July…