On 19th May 2025 the EU and the UK concluded a Common Understanding agreement, which covers a number of areas where cooperation will be increased in future.
The agreement includes cyber and resilience information sharing and mutual support. This is set out in the ‘Security, defence, and development cooperation’ section of the agreement and covers amongst other things: space security; regular high-level dialogues and strategic consultations; peacebuilding and crisis management; cyber issues; countering hybrid threats; and resilience of critical infrastructure.
There will also be enhanced disaster cooperation, with the agreement stating that: The United Kingdom and the European Commission will seek to enhance cooperation in the field of international disaster and humanitarian response.
