France → United Kingdom
This score represents France's relationship toward United Kingdom. The reverse direction is calculated separately and shown alongside it.
SIX-COMPONENT MODEL
Current component scores
Component values run from −100 to +100 and are combined with the published weights.
3 documented factors produce the +93 security assessment.
Why this score?
- +60NATO collective-defence obligationBaseline rule · 2015
France and the United Kingdom remained bound by Article 5 of the North Atlantic Treaty.
- +22.6Exceptional nuclear and operational integrationBaseline rule · 2015
The Lancaster House framework combines nuclear facilities, embedded officers, operational deployments, missile cooperation and a joint expeditionary force.
- +10Lancaster House 2.0 modernises joint defenceActive event · 2025
France and the United Kingdom coordinate nuclear deterrence and broaden integration across military, intelligence, cyber, industrial and economic-security policy.
6 documented factors produce the +56 diplomacy assessment.
Why this score?
- +9Intensive ministerial and security dialogueBaseline rule · 2015
The governments recorded nine ministerial meetings in a year alongside standing dialogue on defence, intelligence, cyber and foreign policy.
- +31.6Long-term Lancaster House partnershipBaseline rule · 2015
The governments describe the treaties as an historic, long-term commitment grounded in shared interests, values and responsibilities.
- +20European Union co-membershipBaseline rule · 2015
Shared EU law, institutions and market integration add a defined structural package.
- +10Bilateral summit deepens defence and societal tiesActive event · 2023
France and the United Kingdom expand operational integration, Ukraine support, economic resilience, cross-border cooperation and exchanges between their citizens.
- +5Lancaster House 2.0 modernises joint defenceActive event · 2025
France and the United Kingdom coordinate nuclear deterrence and broaden integration across military, intelligence, cyber, industrial and economic-security policy.
- -20Annual methodology 1.1 recalculationAnnual recalculation · 2026
The current component replaces the 2015 quantitative threshold or time-bounded structural package with the evidence applicable in the selected year.
4 documented factors produce the +30 economic assessment.
Why this score?
- +25European Union co-membershipBaseline rule · 2015
Shared EU law, institutions and market integration add a defined structural package.
- +20Bilateral trade thresholdBaseline rule · 2015
Reported trade activates the absolute methodology route using the latest observation available for this year.
- +10Bilateral summit deepens defence and societal tiesActive event · 2023
France and the United Kingdom expand operational integration, Ukraine support, economic resilience, cross-border cooperation and exchanges between their citizens.
- -25Annual methodology 1.1 recalculationAnnual recalculation · 2026
The current component replaces the 2015 quantitative threshold or time-bounded structural package with the evidence applicable in the selected year.
6 documented factors produce the +90 alignment assessment.
Why this score?
- +45.1Broad bilateral security alignmentBaseline rule · 2015
The governments documented aligned threat assessments and coordinated action across defence, nuclear policy, cyber, intelligence and international security.
- +20European Union co-membershipBaseline rule · 2015
Shared EU law, institutions and market integration add a defined structural package.
- +30United Nations voting alignmentBaseline rule · 2015
A rolling three-year comparison of UN General Assembly votes activates the alignment threshold.
- +10Bilateral summit deepens defence and societal tiesActive event · 2023
France and the United Kingdom expand operational integration, Ukraine support, economic resilience, cross-border cooperation and exchanges between their citizens.
- +5Lancaster House 2.0 modernises joint defenceActive event · 2025
France and the United Kingdom coordinate nuclear deterrence and broaden integration across military, intelligence, cyber, industrial and economic-security policy.
- -10Annual methodology 1.1 recalculationAnnual recalculation · 2026
The current component replaces the 2015 quantitative threshold or time-bounded structural package with the evidence applicable in the selected year.
The displayed value is limited to the model’s −100 to +100 component range.
1 documented factor produce the +14 disputes assessment.
Why this score?
- +13.5Durable cooperative bilateral orderBaseline rule · 2015
The treaty-based partnership records no active territorial claim and manages policy disagreements inside a durable cooperative framework.
4 documented factors produce the +25 societal assessment.
Why this score?
- +15European Union co-membershipBaseline rule · 2015
Shared EU law, institutions and market integration add a defined structural package.
- +20Bilateral summit deepens defence and societal tiesActive event · 2023
France and the United Kingdom expand operational integration, Ukraine support, economic resilience, cross-border cooperation and exchanges between their citizens.
- +5Lancaster House 2.0 modernises joint defenceActive event · 2025
France and the United Kingdom coordinate nuclear deterrence and broaden integration across military, intelligence, cyber, industrial and economic-security policy.
- -15Annual methodology 1.1 recalculationAnnual recalculation · 2026
The current component replaces the 2015 quantitative threshold or time-bounded structural package with the evidence applicable in the selected year.
Coverage gap: The reviewed 2015 defence record documents extensive personnel exchange but does not establish the wider national-scale societal criterion in the frozen v1 rubric.
+64 in 2015 → +63 in 2026
The change is generated from sourced events and frozen scoring rules, not retrospective editorial adjustment.
0 points
France → United Kingdom and United Kingdom → France remain independent assessments.
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Events affecting the current score
Bilateral summit deepens defence and societal ties
France and the United Kingdom expand operational integration, Ukraine support, economic resilience, cross-border cooperation and exchanges between their citizens.
Lancaster House 2.0 modernises joint defence
France and the United Kingdom coordinate nuclear deterrence and broaden integration across military, intelligence, cyber, industrial and economic-security policy.
This analytical score is not an objective fact, endorsement or prediction. Confidence reflects evidence coverage, while incomplete or unavailable observations remain explicit. Differences below 5 points are treated as practical ties rather than a meaningful ranking.
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