Locarno act 1925

• agreement between Germany, Britain, France, Italy and Belgium
• Germany agreed to its new border with France improving relations with the French
• the allies and Germany agreed to the permanent demilitarisation of the Rhineland
• German membership of the League of Nations was up for discussion
• was not imposed on Germany unlike treaty of versailles
• increased the status and popularity of the Weimar Republic
• it helped boost confidence in more moderate political parties