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Macron, Starmer Sign Pacts on Nuclear Coordination, Ukraine Force and Migrant Exchange Pilot

By endorsing joint defense initiatives, the visit positioned Paris and London as leading pillars of European strategic autonomy.

Overview

  • The two leaders signed a declaration affirming that their independent nuclear deterrents can be coordinated under a new joint supervision group.
  • They co-chaired a Coalition des Volontaires meeting to expand a joint expeditionary force capable of deterring Russia once a Ukraine ceasefire is in place.
  • French energy giant EDF finalized a 12.5 percent stake in Britain’s Sizewell C nuclear plant to deepen bilateral energy cooperation.
  • Paris and London agreed to pilot a “one-for-one” scheme under which the UK returns Channel migrants to France in exchange for legal asylum admissions.
  • France will lend the Bayeux Tapestry to the British Museum in exchange for Sutton Hoo artifacts; Macron also urged mutual recognition of a Palestinian state.