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 "title": "Burnham Offers Germany a Route Into GCAP With Italy and Japan — Berlin Agrees to Explore It",
 "url": "https://www.grosswald.org/burnham-offers-germany-gcap-merz-berlin-explore-neither-decision-nor-pre-decision/",
 "canonical": "https://www.grosswald.org/burnham-offers-germany-gcap-merz-berlin-explore-neither-decision-nor-pre-decision/",
 "type": "dispatch",
 "published": "2026-10-08T19:59:00.000+02:00",
 "updated": "2026-10-15T20:00:09.000+02:00",
 "excerpt": "\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBerlin, 8 October 2026\n\n\n\n\n\n\nKey points\n\n\n * Andy Burnham, on his first visit to Germany as British prime minister, said after meeting Friedrich Merz at the Chancellery on 8 October: \"I've indicated to the Chancellor our openness to Germany joining GCAP. That is something that we seek to progress in the coming period, working with our other partners, Italy and Japan\"\n * German government sources told dpa the defence ministers had been tasked to examine cooperation, neither a decision no",
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