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

https://mins.news/en/video/92548

- Al Jazeera English, 2026-10-09 04:00 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vrctSo8fttE

> 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.

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