In a major step to strengthen European security, the United Kingdom and Germany today signed a broad “friendship treaty” that includes a promise to help each other if either is attacked. The agreement, signed in London by UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, directly calls Russian aggression the “biggest and most immediate threat” to their safety.
This deal is the first time Britain and Germany have made such a mutual defense promise, with both countries stating they believe “no major threat to one would fail to be a major threat to the other.” According to Politico, both nations stress that NATO is still their main security alliance, but it’s hard to believe them when this agreement was what NATO was supposed to be.
