PoliticsUK PM Andy Burnham meets Germany’s Merz in Berlin, seeking closer EU ties

UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham visited Berlin and met German Chancellor Friedrich Merz at the Chancellery. The visit’s official aim was to ratify a defence co-operation protocol agreed by Merz and Burnham’s predecessor, Keir Starmer. Talks also focused on the leaders’ relationship and UK-EU ties. Burnham has called for a much closer relationship with the EU and pointed to an upcoming summit.