The UK and the EU have today agreed an ambitious new Security and
Defence Partnership, to set the framework for a new era of
security co-operation between the UK and EU.
Security and defence partnership
between the European Union and the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Northern Ireland
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We have agreed today a UK-EU Security & Defence
Partnership that fills this gap in our relationship, creating a
strong basis to strengthen our dialogue and co-operation. This
Partnership reflects our shared geography, history, interests and
values, and the fact that the UK and the EU are both significant
international actors with strong defence and security
capabilities and expertise.
Through this new Partnership we will ensure the interests of the
British people continue to be represented at the highest level
across our continent, through increased regular engagement with
EU leaders.
The Partnership will enable us to upgrade our co-operation on the
major shared challenges to European security – for example,
through increasing support for Ukraine with joint work to tackle
Russia's illegal shadow fleet and strengthening our co-operation
on sanctions, to maximise economic pressure on Putin's war
machine. It will enable closer co-operation across a wide
range of areas, ranging from maritime security, space
security, tackling hybrid threats, and enhancing the resilience
of our critical infrastructure, to irregular migration, global
health, and illicit finance.
It will also mean we can explore closer co-operation and joint
investment in our defence industrial base, in a way which can
support economic growth and jobs on both sides and help to
prevent fragmentation.
