Starmer & Macron - True Nuke Love

Posted: 20th December 2025

At the UK-France Summit in July 2025, Prime Minister Keir Starmer and

President Emmanuel Macron affirmed their commitment to strengthening the
UK-France nuclear relationship. They signed the Northwood Declaration,
which established the UK-France Nuclear Steering Group in order to provide
political direction and coordinate bilateral work across nuclear policy,
capability and operations. On 10 December, the Nuclear Steering Group met
for the first time in Paris, jointly chaired by senior officials from the
UK Cabinet Office and the Presidency of the French Republic. They were
accompanied by senior military personnel and officials from defence and
foreign ministries to discuss Euro-Atlantic security issues and
coordination of their respective independent deterrents. They discussed
their approach to strengthening deterrence in Europe and confirmed their
ambition for bilateral co-operation on nuclear deterrence. They also
observed Operation POKER which was the first time foreign officials were
given access to this demonstration of France’s strategic nuclear airborne
component.

 Cabinet Office 18th Dec 2025 

 https://www.gov.uk/government/news/new-uk-france-nuclear-steering-group-meets-to-advance-cooperation-under-northwood-declaration

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