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# UK tells MPs it will not revive talks to join EU's SAFE defence fund
- URL: https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/news/2025-12-16-uk-rejects-safe-fund-access/
- Published: 2025-12-16T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-08T12:01:34.000Z
- Description: UK Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper told the Commons Foreign Affairs Committee on 16 December 2025 that Britain will not restart talks to join the EU's SAFE loan fund, after Brussels quoted a EUR 6 billion entry cost against Canada's EUR 10 million.
- Author: Reidar Balstad
- Tags: Defence and space, Policy and law, #news, #reported, #editor-read

Reported Editor-read [Army Technology, 16 December 2025](https://www.army-technology.com/news/uk-access-to-eus-safe-defence-fund-not-value-for-money/?ref=sovereigntymonitor.eu)

**What it does not test.** This does not rule out future UK access through bilateral defence deals with individual member states, which Cooper said the UK would pursue instead.

**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 2026-10-07\. [How the record is made](https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/method/#how-the-record-is-made)