The government have done a U-turn and are now supporting greater European integration instead of opposing it.
2023 October 10, Senay Boztas, “Frans Timmermans urges European left to unite against right’s climate backlash”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
Rishi Sunak, the UK prime minister, announced a major U-turn on the government’s climate commitments last month, pushing back the deadline for selling new petrol and diesel cars and the phasing out of gas boilers.
Usage notes
Often used in the phrases do a U-turn or make a U-turn.
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U-turn (third-person singular simple presentU-turns, present participleU-turning, simple past and past participleU-turned)
To turn a vehicle in a semicircle so as to face the opposite direction.
(intransitive) To shift from one opinion or decision to its opposite.
2022 October 5, Rowena Mason, “Liz Truss promises ‘growth, growth and growth’ in protest-hit speech”, in The Guardian:
She made the case for cutting taxes as “the right thing to do morally and economically”, despite having just U-turned over her decision to abolish the 45p top rate of income tax.
Translations
to turn a vehicle in a semicircle
Vietnamese: đi vòng ngược, chạy vòng ngược, quay ngược