Entente frugale

Entente frugale is the cooperation between the British and French governments, particularly in military procurement, which is driven by cost constraints, which was announced in November 2010[1][2][3][4][5][6] as part of the Lancaster House Treaties.

HMS Kent (foreground) escorts the French aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle

Shared support of the British and French Airbus A400M aircraft fleets has been proposed.

The name is a wry reference to the Entente Cordiale of 1904.[7]

Together, France and the UK account for half of all military spending in the EU, and two thirds of research and development.[8]

Proposed activities

• Combined Joint Expeditionary Force, with land, sea, and air components[9]
• Cooperation on the Future Strategic Tanker Aircraft: The French armed forces may pay to use an Airbus A330 MRTT if there is spare capacity.[10]
• Possible cooperation in Afghanistan[11]
• Cooperation on aircraft carriers: Interoperability improvements, so warplanes from either country (F-35B Joint Strike Fighters and French navy's Dassault Rafales) could use each other's aircraft carriers.[9][12]
• Joint development of new technologies for nuclear submarines
• Shared support for A400M fleets, including training[5][9]
• Sharing of military communications satellites
• Cyber security
• Mine countermeasures
• Coordination of nuclear tests, and cooperation between AWE Aldermaston and CEA Valduc.[2]
• Unmanned air vehicles, including the BAE/Dassault Telemos

See also

• British Armed Forces
• French Armed Forces

References

1. "BBC - Nick Robinson's Newslog: The entente frugale". Retrieved 2010-11-10.
2. "England und Frankreich schließen enge Militärkooperation - Nachrichten Print - DIE WELT - Politik - WELT ONLINE". Retrieved 2010-11-10. fru
3. "Entente Frugale « LRB blog". 2010-11-09. Retrieved 2010-11-10.
4. ""Entente frugale" ruft Spötter auf den Plan - Rüstung - derStandard.at " International". Retrieved 2010-11-10.
5. "Comment: UK/France defence pact spells a tale of two cities". Retrieved 2010-11-10.
6. "FT.com / Europe - Cameron and Sarkozy seek entente cordiale". Archived from the original on 2011-07-11. Retrieved 2010-11-10.
7. "Misstro blir vänskap när pengarna inte räcker - Världen - Sydsvenskan - Nyheter dygnet runt". Archived from the original on 2011-10-05. Retrieved 2010-11-10.
8. "" Entente frugale " entre Paris et Londres - Les blogs du Diplo". 2010-11-10. Retrieved 2010-11-10.
9. "UK–France Summit 2010 Declaration on Defence and Security Co-operation". Number10.gov.uk. Retrieved 2010-11-10.
10. "L'Europe de la défense est franco-britannique - ce n'est pas une première". 2010-11-10. Archived from the original on 2010-11-10. Retrieved 2010-11-10.
11. "Afghanistan: l'Europe, combien de divisions ?". Retrieved 2010-11-10.
12. "Joint carrier operations, UAV developments in UK/France defence pact". Retrieved 2010-11-10.

External links

• UK–France Summit 2010 Declaration on Defence and Security Co-operation