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🚨 BREAKING: The UK's deal with the EU in full 🪖 Security & Defence - Security and Defence Partnership concluded between UK and EU - Partnership covers cooperation on Ukraine, cyber, defence industry, crisis management, and more

- UK defence firms set to participate in the proposed £150bn EU Security Action for Europe (SAFE) fund 🎣 Fishing - 12-year reciprocal fishing agreement until 30 June 2038 - No increase in EU quotas in UK waters

- UK to invest £360 million in fishing industry and coastal communities, such as upgrading equipment 🍽️ Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) Agreement - UK and EU to establish a permanent SPS Agreement to reduce checks and red tape on food and agricultural trade with no time limit

- UK food like sausages and burgers can be exported to the EU again - Some routine checks on animal and plant products will be removed completely - Includes "dynamic alignment" of food rules, joint oversight, and a system to resolve disputes

- Extends to Great Britain–Northern Ireland trade via Windsor Framework 🌍 Climate & Energy - UK and EU to link their Emissions Trading Systems (ETS) - Prevents UK firms from paying EU carbon border tax (saving ~£800 million/year). - Includes dynamic alignment and joint governance

- UK and EU to explore UK participation in EU internal electricity market - Cooperation on hydrogen, carbon capture, and biomethane to continue - Combined, the SPS and ETS agreements are projected to add £9 billion to the UK economy by 2040

🎓 Youth, Arts and Study - Agreement to work towards a UK-EU "youth experience scheme", like those with Australia/New Zealand, which will be "capped and time-limited" - UK to rejoin Erasmus+ (subject to financial and legal terms) - Agreement to support touring artists

✈️ Travel & Border Management - UK nationals will be able to use eGates at EU borders, even after the new Entry/Exit System is introduced - Pet passports for UK dogs and cats to be introduced (no need for individual trip certificates)

💼 Trade & Services - Conclusion of a Competition Cooperation Agreement - UK and EU to set up dialogues on services trade, including: 1. Recognition of professional qualifications 2. Business mobility (entry and temporary stay of natural persons)

- British steel exports protected through bespoke arrangement - saves £25 million/year by avoiding tariffs and new EU rules 🧬 Law Enforcement & Data Sharing

- Pending Europol arrangements to be finalised swiftly, including better exchange of fingerprints, DNA, vehicle registration data, and future facial images - Further cooperation between UK and Europol/National Crime Agency planned

⚖️ Judicial Cooperation - UK to enter into Hague Convention on Judgments effective 1 July 2025 - UK and EU to improve judicial cooperation in civil, commercial, and family law

💊 Health & Drugs Cooperation - Regular dialogue to be established on health security, including pandemics, and a proposal for a working arrangement between UK authorities and the EU Drugs Agency

🛥️ Illegal Migration - Commitment to deepen cooperation on irregular migration, including on returns, best practice sharing, and tackling Channel crossings - UK may participate in the Khartoum and Rabat Processes - EU-led initiatives focused on tackling human trafficking along key African routes

- Improved cooperation with Frontex and EU Asylum Agency

Keir Starmer: "It’s time to look forward. To move on from the stale old debates and political fights to find common sense, practical solutions which get the best for the British people. "We’re ready to work with partners if it means we can improve people’s lives here at home.

"So that’s what this deal is all about – facing out into the world once again, in the great tradition of this nation. Building the relationships we choose, with the partners we choose, and closing deals in the national interest. Because that is what independent, sovereign nations do."