Entente frugale

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.

Entente frugale (English: lit. Frugal alliance) 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.

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

Together, France and the United Kingdom accounted for half of all military spending in the European Union in 2010 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