Why are rearmament and migration preemption at the forefront of the new Germany-UK treaty? | DW News

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Germany and Britain have signed a wide-ranging friendship treaty, aimed at strengthening relations strained by the UK’s departure from the European Union. German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and British prime minister Keir Starmer signed the agreement in London. It includes a mutual assistance clause, requiring each country to help the other, in the event of an attack. It also reduces trade barriers, and vows to crack down on migrant ‘smuggling’ networks. The treaty is the first of its kind between the two countries, and both leaders hailed what they called a historic day for German-British relations.

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0:00 Britain and Germany’s defense capabilities set to be boosted in treaty
01:55 Sebastian Maillard, European affairs analyst, Chatham House, on significance of treaty’s focus on defense

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