Keir Starmer announces new 'once in a generation' UK-Germany treaty / Keir Starmer said he hopes the UK’s treaty with Germany will be agreed before the end of the year as he hailed a “bright new future for UK-German relations”.

 

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Keir Starmer announces new 'once in a generation' UK-Germany treaty

 

In a press conference alongside Olaf Scholz, Keir Starmer said he was “delighted” to be back in Germany “at this moment of opportunity for our two countries”.

 

Starmer announced a new UK-Germany treaty, describing it as a “once in a generation chance to deliver for working people in Britain and in Germany”.

 

Starmer added:

 

A new agreement, a testament to the depth an potential of our relationship. With deeper links on science, technology, development, people, business [and] culture. A boost to our trading relations.

 

Germany, of course already the UK’s second largest trading partner in the world, and through that a chance to create jobs here and in the United Kingdom. And to deliver that most precious of goods for both of our countries: economic growth.”

 

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Keir Starmer said he hopes the UK’s treaty with Germany will be agreed before the end of the year as he hailed a “bright new future for UK-German relations”.

 

Speaking at a press conference in Berlin alongside German chancellor Olaf Scholz, Starmer said:

 

As today shows, Britain can advance its interests much more effectively when we work with friends and partners.

 

This treaty is part of a wider reset, grounded in a new spirit of cooperation with our shared understanding that this will be developed at pace, and that we hope to have agreed it by the end of the year.

 

A Britain recollected, resetting our relationship, rediscovering our common interests, delivering for working people.

 

Britain and Germany already have an incredible relationship. We invest billions in each other’s countries. Thousands and thousands of jobs are supported through trade, and every year millions of people travel between our two countries, exchanging ideas, collaborating, creating and connecting.

 

But today we build on that, a bright new future for UK-German relations, two great countries brought closer together than ever before. The strongest strategic partners in Europe, and on the world stage.”