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UK, Germany Target New Pact as Starmer Rebuilds EU Ties
- Accord would cover issues including defense and technology
- Scholz wants to help improve Britain’s relationship with EU
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Britain and Germany are aiming to agree on a broad cooperation treaty as part of Keir Starmer’s efforts to improve ties with European allies.
The new UK prime minister held talks Wednesday with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz in Berlin and the two nations published a joint statement outlining a proposed bilateral deal covering everything from defense and security to technology, clean energy and migration. Starmer called it “part of a wider reset grounded in a new spirit of cooperation.”