Overview

• Macron delivered a rare address to the British Parliament on July 8, calling for joint action to uphold the post-war international order.
• He will co-host a bilateral summit with Prime Minister Keir Starmer on July 10 to formalize stronger cooperation on defense and clamp down on illegal crossings in the Channel.
• From the Northwood base, Macron and Starmer are set to co-chair by videoconference a meeting of the “coalition des volontaires” aimed at boosting Ukraine’s defense capabilities.
• Back in Paris, his second Défense et Sécurité nationale Council approved extending asset freezes to associations suspected of Islamist entryism and widening administrative dissolution powers.
• Macron ordered a draft law on Islamist entryism to be finalized by the end of summer and implemented by year-end to strengthen national cohesion.