Tag: French President Emmanuel Macron

Germany, UK sign post-Brexit friendship pact

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer sign a new friendship treaty | Photo: Michael Kappeler/dpa

The treaty underscores the countries’ mutual defence obligations as NATO allies, which is made especially significant given the UK’s status as a nuclear power. The goal is to boost European deterrence and defence over the next decade. The two sides plan to jointly develop a European-made long-range weapons system capable of striking targets up to 2,000 kilometres away, addressing a capability gap with Russian medium-range missiles.