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# UK and France sign Lancaster House 2.0 defence cooperation declaration
- URL: https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/news/2025-07-10-uk-france-lancaster-house-2-0-declaration/
- Published: 2025-07-10T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-19T16:00:59.000Z
- Description: UK and France signed the Lancaster House 2.0 declaration, agreeing a Combined Joint Force, upgraded Storm Shadow/SCALP missile production lines and an OCCAR Complex Weapons Portfolio Office. It also covers space ISR and directed energy cooperation.
- Author: Reidar Balstad
- Tags: Defence and space, #news, #verified, #ai-drafted

Verified AI-drafted [UK Government (Prime Minister's Office) press release, 10 July 2025](https://www.gov.uk/government/news/lancaster-house-20-declaration-on-modernising-uk-french-defence-and-security-cooperation?ref=sovereigntymonitor.eu)

**What it does not test.** Does not establish that funding has been allocated or that the new missile line or weapons office is yet operating.

**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/).

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