Reunification Germany–United Kingdom relations



uk foreign secretary william hague , frank-walter steinmeier, german minister foreign affairs in london, 3 february 2014.


in 1990, prime minister margaret thatcher @ first opposed german reunification accepted treaty on final settlement respect germany.


since 1945 germany hosts several british military installations in western part of country part of british forces germany. both countries members of nato, , share strong economic ties. david mcallister, former minister-president of german state of lower saxony, son of scottish father , german mother, holds british , german citizenship. similarly, leader of scottish national party in british house of commons, angus robertson half german, mother germany. robertson speaks fluent german , english.


in 1996, britain , germany established shared embassy building in reykjavik. celebrations open building held on 2 june 1996 , attended british foreign minister @ time, malcolm rifkind, , minister of state @ german foreign ministry, werner hoyer, , icelandic foreign minister halldór Ásgrímsson. commemorative plaque in building records first purpose built co-located british-german chancery building in europe .








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