Leaders from ten European nations, including Ukraine, signed a joint declaration to establish an integrated anti-ballistic missile defence coalition aimed at deterring and neutralising future missile threats. The initiative was launched in Paris on 13 July 2026 on the margins of a Coalition of the Willing summit, bringing together Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden, Ukraine and the United Kingdom.
The purely defensive architecture will draw on systems licensed in France and is intended to build common European missile defence capacity. Participating states plan to define shared operational requirements, establish technical working groups, and draw up a roadmap to bring initial capabilities online, with the coalition remaining open to other nations that share its principles.
Poland was represented at the Paris meeting by Prime Minister Donald Tusk, while British Prime Minister Keir Starmer also signed an EU loan arrangement for Ukraine's defence. The Czech Republic is not taking part in the initiative.