The Daily Populous Wednesday July 2nd, 2025 day edition
Authored by politico.eu and submitted by ZenMasterZee

Key chapters include one devoted to defense, building on the Trinity House Agreement signed last year, which sets out that any strategic threat to one country would represent a threat to the other.

This would give Germany a mutual assistance clause with both of Europe’s nuclear powers, in line with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s desire to strengthen the continent’s deterrent separately from the U.S.

While the treaty will likely reaffirm the commitment of both nations to NATO as the cornerstone of their collective defense, the clause’s inclusion underlines the push for European allies to work more closely on security as the U.S. pulls back from the transatlantic defense alliance.

The document is expected to contain further measures on tackling illegal migration, transportation, and research and innovation. It is also set to feature a commitment to promote cross-border exchanges — an extremely thorny area for Starmer’s government as he faces pressure to reduce both legal and illegal migration.

PM Keir Starmer and former German Chancellor Olaf Scholz laid the groundwork for the pact in a joint declaration last summer, promising closer cooperation on peace and security and economic growth. | Pool Photo by Tolga Akmen via EPA

Any concrete agreement on youth mobility will be negotiated at the EU level, after the U.K. was unable to reach an agreement on this area as part of the “reset” agreed in May. Berlin has been one of the capitals pushing hardest for liberalization of the rules on young people coming to Britain.

The treaty between Starmer and Merz is the fruit of 18 rounds of negotiations, three of which were held face to face in Berlin and two in London.

A spokesperson for the German Foreign Office said: “The treaty will deal with the entire range of our relations.”

The U.K.’s Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office did not respond to a request for comment by the time of publication.

arabidopsis on July 2nd, 2025 at 07:22 UTC »

German and UK military complex will be fucking awesome.

Shadow Leopard? Star Skyguard?

THE HYBRIDS ARE ENDLESS!

Taurus Dragonfire would be insane.

blinded-by-the-moon on July 2nd, 2025 at 05:43 UTC »

Awesome. Its about high time for European powers to pull together

whatsgoingon350 on July 2nd, 2025 at 05:42 UTC »

Putin fucked up so badly that not only is he struggling to take Ukraine but Europe has now decided to become a military force again.