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# EU and Australia agree to start security and defence partnership talks
- URL: https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/news/2025-06-17-eu-australia-defence-partnership-talks/
- Published: 2025-06-17T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-21T04:03:13.000Z
- Description: At the G7 summit in Kananaskis, the European Commission, European Council and Australia agreed to start negotiating a Security and Defence Partnership covering defence industry, cyber, space and economic security, with no deployment obligations.
- Author: Reidar Balstad
- Tags: Defence and space, #news, #verified, #editor-read

Verified Editor-read [European External Action Service, 17 June 2025](https://eeas.europa.eu/delegations/australia/europe-and-australia-commit-security-and-defence-partnership%5Fen?ref=sovereigntymonitor.eu)

**What it does not test.** It does not establish a signed partnership, only the start of negotiations toward one.

**How this item counts.** This item is dated before the index starts on 1 January 2026, so it does not count in the [European Sovereignty Index](https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/sovereignty-index/).

**How this item was made.** Drafted by an AI system (Claude (Anthropic)) from the source cited above; read and approved by the editor on 2026-10-20\. [How the record is made](https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/method/#how-the-record-is-made)