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EU and Canada sign Security and Defence Partnership in Brussels

The EU and Canada signed a Security and Defence Partnership at the Brussels summit, covering defence industrial cooperation, military mobility and space security, which Canada says opens access to the EU's SAFE loans.

Verified Editor-read European External Action Service press release, 23 June 2025

What it does not test. Does not itself confirm Canada's formal accession to SAFE, which Council records show followed separately later in 2025.

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.

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

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