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Written Question
Defence: EU Countries
Monday 6th January 2025

Asked by: Andrew Lewin (Labour - Welwyn Hatfield)

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to improve defence relationships with European allies.

Answered by Luke Pollard - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Defence)

Deepening our defence relationships with European allies continues to be a priority.

Since July 2024 we have signed several new agreements to deepen cooperation, including the UK-Germany Trinity House Agreement and the UK-Estonia roadmap. During 2025 we will also reinvigorate the UK-France Lancaster House Agreement.

Our NATO first approach will complement this work. Investing in our collective defence and security is crucial to further improving our defence relationship with Europe as a whole.