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# Starmer pitches 'ambitious' UK-EU defence and security partnership
- URL: https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/news/2025-02-03-starmer-eu-security-partnership-speech/
- Published: 2025-02-03T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-25T05:02:15.000Z
- Description: At an informal EU Council meeting in Brussels, Prime Minister Keir Starmer said the UK wants 'an ambitious UK-EU security partnership' covering military technology and R&D, force mobility, critical infrastructure and deeper defence industrial collaboration.
- Author: Reidar Balstad
- Tags: Defence and space, Policy and law, #news, #verified, #opinion, #ai-drafted

Verified Opinion AI-drafted [UK Government, Prime Minister's remarks in Brussels, 3 February 2025](https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/prime-ministers-remarks-in-brussels-3-february-2025?ref=sovereigntymonitor.eu)

**What it does not test.** It does not establish any binding UK-EU defence agreement; a leaders' summit to discuss it is only set for May 2025.

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