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# UK and France sign Northwood Declaration on coordinated nuclear deterrence
- URL: https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/news/2025-07-10-uk-france-northwood-declaration/
- Published: 2025-07-10T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-19T16:01:00.000Z
- Description: The UK and France signed the Northwood Declaration, committing to coordinate their independent nuclear deterrents through a new Joint Nuclear Steering Group. Starmer and Macron said no extreme threat to Europe would draw a response from only one of them.
- Author: Reidar Balstad
- Tags: Defence and space, Policy and law, #news, #reported, #editor-read

Reported Editor-read [Naval News, 11 July 2025 (reporting the Northwood Declaration of 10 July 2025)](https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2025/07/uk-and-france-pledge-coordinated-nuclear-deterrent/?ref=sovereigntymonitor.eu)

**What it does not test.** Does not establish that the Joint Nuclear Steering Group has yet met or coordinated an operational decision.

**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 2026-10-19\. [How the record is made](https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/method/#how-the-record-is-made)