Question 17121 — foreign policy

Summary

Mrs Nadia Ramassamy questions the Minister of the Armed Forces on the consequences of the United Kingdom leaving the European Union without an agreement. Indeed, with less than two months to go before the deadline, there is still no certainty about France's future relationship with the United Kingdom. This country with which France has been allied for more than a century is its sixth export client and a strategic partner in the field of defense, both on the capacity plan, both operational and industrial. The army and defense industries cannot move forward in this climate full of uncertainty. On the operational and capacity level, London is currently participating alongside the French army in Operation Barkhane in the Sahelo-Saharan strip against jihadist armed groups, in particular by temporarily making surveillance drones and drones available to the French military. Chinook helicopters. Indispensable support due to the low availability of helicopters and the immense Sahelian theater of operations. Also, the British government is committed to participating in the international effort to establish the G5 Sahel joint force. London and Paris are the only two to share a common strategic culture on the European continent. The Treaty of Lancaster House in 2010, the creation of a joint expeditionary force in 2016 of 5,000 French and British soldiers operational in 2020 and the Griffin Blast exercise are examples of synergy, cooperation and interoperability between the armed forces of the two countries. On the industrial level, if the planned Franco-British projects have been confirmed, no new step should be taken as evidenced by the operational demonstrator project of combat drone (a 2 billion euro project) long awaited by Dassault, Safran and Thales on the French side and by BAE System, Rolls-Royce and Selex ES on the English side. So, she asks him if these cooperation structures will remain in the event of a hard Brexit.

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