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 "title": "Kensington Treaty Enters Into Force as Merz and Burnham Exchange Ratifications — Mutual Assistance 'Including by Military Means'",
 "url": "https://www.grosswald.org/kensington-treaty-in-force-uk-germany-mutual-assistance-counter-hybrid-partnership/",
 "canonical": "https://www.grosswald.org/kensington-treaty-in-force-uk-germany-mutual-assistance-counter-hybrid-partnership/",
 "type": "dispatch",
 "published": "2026-10-08T19:55:00.000+02:00",
 "updated": "2026-10-15T19:55:37.000+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 * Friedrich Merz and Andy Burnham exchanged the instruments of ratification of the Kensington Treaty at the Chancellery on 8 October; under Article 30 the treaty enters into force on the date of that exchange\n * Signed in London on 17 July 2025 by Merz and Keir Starmer, the UK–German treaty of friendship and bilateral cooperation was ratified by the Bundestag on 5 March 2026, with CDU/CSU, SPD and Greens in favour, the AfD against and the Left ",
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