Trinity House Agreement

The Trinity House Agreement (German: Trinity-House-Vereinbarung) was signed by the German Defense Minister, Boris Pistorius, and the British Secretary of State for Defence, John Healey, in London on October 23, 2024, to strengthen bilateral security cooperation and to "deepen defence cooperation across all domains". ^[1] It is named after Trinity House, the place of the signing. It sets the course for closer cooperation in the defense and security policy of both countries and is intended to be an expression of the UK's realignment with Europe. ^{[2] [3] [4] [5] [6]}

Projects

The agreement contains specific points for closer cooperation in all dimensions (air, land, sea, space and cyber defense): ^[7]

• Strengthening the defense industry in both countries
• Strengthening the eastern flank of NATO
• Development of new long-range strike weapons
• Protection of critical underwater infrastructure
• Surveillance flights by the German Armed Forces from Scotland (RAF Lossiemouth) ^[8]
• Unmanned aerial systems and their networking (for GCAP and FCAS programmes)
• Cooperation on air defense systems
• Continued support for Ukraine
• New discussion formats for collaboration

External links

• Trinity House Vereinbarung (bmvg.de)
• Trinity House Agreement On-Defence (gov.uk)

Einzelnachweise

1. "UK-Germany Trinity House Agreement on Defence". GOV.UK. Retrieved 2025-04-01.
2. Bundesministerium der Verteidigung (2024-10-23). "Deutsch-Britische Trinity-House-Verteidigungsvereinbarung (Gemeinsames Communiqué)" (PDF). BMVG (PDF-Datei). Retrieved 2024-10-23.
3. Bundesministerium der Verteidigung (2024-10-23). "Gemeinsames Statement von Boris Pistorius und John Healey in London". BMVG (mp3-Datei, passwortgeschützt). Retrieved 2024-10-23.
4. Niklaus Nuspliger, Anna Schiller (2024-10-23). "Angst vor einem Wahlsieg von Donald Trump? Grossbritannien und Deutschland wollen mit neuem Abkommen den «europäischen Nato-Pfeiler» stärken". NZZ.de. Neue Zürcher Zeitung . Retrieved 2024-10-24.
5. "Mehr gemeinsame Verteidigung: Berlin und London rücken enger zusammen". ZDF.de. ZDF; dpa, Reuters, AFP. 2024-10-23. Retrieved 2024-10-24.
6. "UK–Germany defence agreement: what kind of trinity?". IISS. Retrieved 2025-04-01.
7. Bundesministerium der Verteidigung (2024-10-22). "Pistorius in London: Neue Verteidigungsvereinbarung stärkt Sicherheit in Europa". BMVG. Retrieved 2024-10-23.
8. "Pistorius schickt deutsche U-Boot-Jäger auf Überwachungsmission". t-online.de (in German). 2024-10-24. Retrieved 2024-10-25.